Incidence, prevalence, and hybrid approaches to calculating disability-adjusted life years

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schroeder, S A ^a  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Disability adjusted life years; Discounting; Incidence perspective; Prevalence perspective

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; CALCULATION; DISABILITY SEVERITY; INCIDENCE; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; TIME;

EID: 84866035397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-10-19     Document Type: Note

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