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Estimating risk factor attributable burden – challenges and potential solutions when using the comparative risk assessment methodology
methodology is commonly used to estimate the share of the burden attributable to risk factors. The aim of this paper is to identify and address some selected important challenges associated with CRA, ...
Burden of non-communicable diseases in Cyprus, 1990–2017: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study
to 2017, expressed in disability-adjusted life years (DALY s), is currently not available. Knowledge about the drivers of changes in NCD DALY s over time is paramount to identify priorities for the ...
Recommendations to plan a national burden of disease study
is a systematic and scientific effort to quantify and compare the magnitude of health loss due to different diseases, injuries, and risk factors with estimates produced by demographic characteristics ...
Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis
2015 data that was country-corrected for population coverage. We multiplied the number of bloodstream infections (BSI s) by a conversion factor derived from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and ...
Quantifying burden of disease to support public health policy in Belgium: opportunities and constraints
diseases and risk factors and the monitoring of public health over time. Discussion Evidence on the disease burden in Belgium, expressed as DALY s, is available from international and national efforts. ...