Discrete time representation of the formula for calculating DALYs

Health Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 353-365

  Elbasha, Elamin H ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Age weighting; Cost effectiveness analyses; Disability adjusted life years (DALYs); Discounting; Time aggregation bias

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATARACT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

CATARACT; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0034045734     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1050(200006)9:4<353::AID-HEC519>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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