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The non-fatal burden of cancer in Belgium, 2004–2019: a nationwide registry-based study
to estimate the non-fatal burden of cancer in Belgium using national data. Methods We estimated the Belgian cancer burden from 2004 to 2019 in terms of YLD, using national population-based cancer ...
No molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in the blood of patients with erythema migrans in Belgium
Abstract: Background A number of tick-borne pathogens circulate in the Belgian tick population in addition to the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis. However, so far, only a few patients with tick-borne ...
Nursing home residents with suspected urinary tract infections: a diagnostic accuracy study
diagnosis based solely on clinical criteria is to be expected in older persons as they often present infections in an atypical way. A study was set up to assess the diagnostic value of signs/symptoms and ...
Measuring disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to COVID-19 in Scotland, 2020
contextualise its population impact relative to other causes of disease and injury. Methods National deaths and daily case data were used. Deaths were based on underlying and contributory causes recorded on death ...
The association between area deprivation and COVID-19 incidence: a municipality-level spatio-temporal study in Belgium, 2020–2021
2020 and June 2021 in Belgium, aggregated at the municipality-level. These data were collected by the national laboratory-based COVID-19 surveillance system. A level of area deprivation was assigned to ...
Estimating risk factor attributable burden – challenges and potential solutions when using the comparative risk assessment methodology
Source: Archives of Public Health, Volume 80, Issue 1 (2022) Keywords: burden of disease Comparative risk assessment Disability-Adjusted Life Years health impact assessment population health Abstract: ...
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 ...
Opportunities for a population-based cohort in Belgium
Source: Archives of Public Health, Volume 80, Issue 1 (2022) Keywords: Cohort Health information population health Abstract: Population-based cohorts allow providing answers to a wide range of ...
Variation in smoking attributable all-cause mortality across municipalities in Belgium, 2018: application of a Bayesian approach for small area estimations
educational level and municipality of residence were obtained from the BHIS 2018. A Bayesian hierarchical Besag-York-Mollie (BYM) model was used to model the logit transformation of the design-based ...
Association between temperature and natural mortality in Belgium: Effect modification by individual characteristics and residential environment
and black carbon) to identify more vulnerable population subgroups. Results Based on 307,859 deaths from natural causes, we found significant cold effect (OR = 1.42, 95% CI: 1.30–1.57) and heat effect ...