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QALY losses for chronic diseases and its social distribution in the general population: results from the Belgian Health Interview Survey
rapidly rising, both in terms of morbidity and mortality. This burden is disproportionally carried by socially disadvantaged population subgroups. Quality-adjusted life years (QALY s) measure the impact of ...
Belgian population norms for the EQ-5D-5L, 2018
the Belgian Health Interview Survey, providing a new source of population-based self-perceived health status information. This study aims to estimate Belgian population norms for the EQ-5D-5L by sex, ...
Health expectancies in the European Union: same concept, different methods, different results
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Volume 75, Issue 8 (2021) Keywords: burden of disease Health expectancies Healthy Life Years Abstract: Background Healthy life expectancy (HLE) is a population ...
Population vulnerability to COVID-19 in Europe: a burden of disease analysis
Thomsen; Ian Grant Source: Archives of Public Health, Volume 78, Issue 1 (2020) Keywords: burden of disease Coronavirus COVID-19 DALY European burden of disease network GBD summary measures of population ...
Potential impact of reduced tobacco use on life and health expectancies in Belgium
from the Belgian Health Interview Survey 2013 were used to estimate smoking and disability prevalence. Disability was based on the Global Activity Limitation Indicator. We used DYNAMO- HIA to quantify ...