Accounting for multimorbidity can affect the estimation of the Burden of Disease: A comparison of approaches

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hilderink, Henk B M ^a   Plasmans, Marjanne H D ^a   Snijders, Bianca E P ^a   Boshuizen, Hendriek C ^a,b   Rene Poos M J J C ^a   van Gool, Coen H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disability weights; Disease burden; Multimorbidity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983085291     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-016-0147-7     Document Type: Article

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