Incidence, prevalence, and hybrid approaches to calculating disability-adjusted life years
<p>Abstract</p> <p>When disability-adjusted life years are used to measure the burden of disease on a population in a time interval, they can be calculated in several different ways: from an incidence, pure prevalence, or hybrid perspective. I show that these calculation methods ar...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-09-01
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Series: | Population Health Metrics |
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Online Access: | http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/10/1/19 |