Disability weights in the Global Burden of Disease 2010: Unclear meaning and overstatement of international agreement

Health Policy

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-104

  Nord, Erik ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Common values; DALY; Disability weight; GBD 2010; Global Burden of Disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FACE VALIDITY; GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR;

EID: 84879843154     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.03.019     Document Type: Article

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