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Variability in the burden of disease estimates with or without age weighting and discounting: a methodological study

OBJECTIVES: This study examines the impact of the type of method used on the estimation of the burden of diseases. DESIGN: Comparison of methods of estimating disease burden. SETTING: Four metrics of burden of disease estimation, namely, years of potential life lost (YPLL), non-age weighted years of...

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Autores principales: Egunsola, Oluwaseun, Raubenheimer, Jacques, Buckley, Nicholas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6701586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31427320
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027825