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The disvalue of death in the global burden of disease

In the Global Burden of Disease study, disease burden is measured as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The paramount assumption of the DALY is that it makes sense to aggregate years lived with disability (YLDs) and years of life lost (YLLs). However, this is not smooth sailing. Whereas morbidi...

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Autores principales: Solberg, Carl Tollef, Norheim, Ole Frithjof, Barra, Mathias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5869483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29079556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2017-104365