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How do world and European standard populations impact burden of disease studies? A case study of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in Scotland

BACKGROUND: Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) are an established method for quantifying population health needs and guiding prioritisation decisions. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) estimates aim to ensure comparability between countries and over time by using age-standardised rates (ASR) to acc...

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Autores principales: Wyper, Grant M. A., Grant, Ian, Fletcher, Eilidh, McCartney, Gerry, Fischbacher, Colin, Stockton, Diane L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6941317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31908777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-019-0383-8