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Direct impact of COVID-19 by estimating disability-adjusted life years at national level in France in 2020
2 (SARS-CoV-2), on March 11, 2020. The standardized approach of disability-adjusted life years (DALY s) allows for quantifying the combined impact of morbidity and mortality of diseases and injuries. The main ...
Potential impact fractions of body mass index reductions on the non-communicable disease burden in Belgium using G-computation
Tackling obesity is therefore vital to reduce premature mortality from NCD s. This study aims to assess the relative contribution of overweight as a risk factor for NCD s and the potential health impact of ...
Risk Factors Associated with Severe RSV Infection in Infants: What Is the Role of Viral Co-Infections?
Abstract: The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) represents the leading cause of viral lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) in children worldwide and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality ...
Social inequalities and long-term health impact of COVID-19 in Belgium: protocol of the HELICON population data linkage
COVID-19 testing, infection, hospitalisations and mortality? Second, what is the medium-term and long-term health impact of COVID-19 infections and hospitalisations? More specific objectives are (2a) To ...
COVID-19 mortality, excess mortality, deaths per million and infection fatality ratio, Belgium, 9 March 2020 to 28 June 2020
Keywords: COVID-19 Excess mortality nursing homes Abstract: Background COVID-19 mortality, excess mortality, deaths per million population (DPM), infection fatality ratio (IFR) and case fatality ratio (CFR) ...
The health and economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders in Belgium from 2013 to 2018
terms of Years Lived with Disability. The current study aims to analyze the health and economic impact of these MSK disorders in Belgium, providing a summary of morbidity and mortality outcomes from 2013 ...
Homologous versus heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccination: impact on clinical severity of Omicron among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Belgium
in-hospital mortality, and severe COVID-19 – defined as experiencing an acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) event, or an ICU transfer, or in-hospital mortality) for patients that received a homologous ...
The increasing significance of disease severity in a burden of disease framework
not mortality. Being able to monitor trends in YLD closely is particularly relevant for countries that sit high on the socio-demographic spectrum of development, as it contributes more than half of all ...
Homologous and Heterologous Prime-Boost Vaccination: Impact on Clinical Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Infection among Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in Belgium
estimate counterfactual risks for severe COVID-19 (combination of severity indicators), intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and in-hospital mortality under exposure to different vaccination schedules. The ...
Burden of disease among older adults in Europe-trends in mortality and disability, 1990-2019
Disability-Adjusted Life Years Disabled Persons Europe Global Burden of Disease Global Health Humans Life expectancy mortality Quality-Adjusted Life Years Abstract: BACKGROUND: It is important to understand the effects ...