Disability weights for comorbidity and their influence on Health-adjusted Life Expectancy
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Comorbidity complicates estimations of health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) using disease prevalences and disability weights from Burden of Disease studies. Usually, the exact amount of comorbidity is unknown and no disability weig...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-04-01
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| Series: | Population Health Metrics |
| Online Access: | http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/4/1/1 |