National Burden Estimates of healthy life lost in India, 2017: an analysis using direct mortality data and indirect disability data

Summary: Background: Many countries, including India, seek locally constructed disease burden estimates comprising mortality and loss of health to aid priority setting for the prevention and treatment of diseases. We created the National Burden Estimates (NBE) to provide transparent and understanda...

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Main Authors: Geetha R Menon, PhD, Lucky Singh, PhD, Palak Sharma, MSc, Priyanka Yadav, MPhil, Shweta Sharma, MPH, Shrikant Kalaskar, MPH, Harpreet Singh, PhD, Srividya Adinarayanan, PhD, Vasna Joshua, PhD, Vaitheeswaran Kulothungan, PhD, Jeetendra Yadav, PhD, Leah K Watson, MSc, Shaza A Fadel, PhD, Wilson Suraweera, MSc, M Vishnu Vardhana Rao, PhD, R S Dhaliwal, MD, Rehana Begum, MBBS, Prabha Sati, MA, Dean T Jamison, ProfPhD, Prabhat Jha, ProfDPhil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19304516