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Years of life lost methods must remain fully equitable and accountable
more frequently used and sometimes, unfortunately, misused. Health Topics: Burden of disease Fardeau de la maladie Ziektelast Summary measures of population health Samenvattende maten van ...
Changes in quality-adjusted life expectancy in Belgium, 2013 and 2018
assesses HRQ oL comprising five dimensions (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, anxiety/depression) using a 5-level severity scoring to define a large variety of health states. The ...
Belgian population norms for the EQ-5D-5L, 2018
Health-related quality of life outcomes are increasingly used to monitor population health and health inequalities and to assess the (cost-) effectiveness of health interventions. The EQ-5D-5L has been included in ...
The impact of multimorbidity patterns on health-related quality of life in the general population: results of the Belgian Health Interview Survey
chronic conditions and HRQ oL (EQ-5D-5L) for a nationally representative sample. Linear mixed models were used to analyze two-way and three-way interactions of disease combinations on HRQ oL. Results ...
Health expectancies in the European Union: same concept, different methods, different results
health measure that combines mortality and morbidity, which can be calculated using different methods. In this study, we aimed to assess the correlation, reliability and (dis)agreement between two ...
Population vulnerability to COVID-19 in Europe: a burden of disease analysis
COVID-19 by using estimates of population age structure and YLD for health conditions linked to severe illness from COVID-19. Methods Population and YLD estimates from GBD 2017 were extracted for 45 ...
Potential impact of reduced tobacco use on life and health expectancies in Belgium
Abstract: Objectives We investigated the potential impact of reduced tobacco use scenarios on total life expectancy and health expectancies, i.e., healthy life years and unhealthy life years. Methods Data ...
Monitoring health inequalities when the socio-economic composition changes: are the slope and relative indices of inequality appropriate? Results of a simulation study
increased EL4 share as a worsening. We warn against the use of SII and RII for monitoring inequality-tackling policies at changing socio-economic structures. Rather, we recommend to complement the assessment ...