Impact of infectious diseases on population health using incidence-based disability-adjusted life years (DALYs): Results from the burden of communicable diseases in Europe study, European Union and European economic countries, 2009 to 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2018, Pages

  Cassini, Alessandro ^a,b   Colzani, Edoardo ^a   Pini, Alessandro ^a   Mangen, Marie Josee J ^b,c   Plass, Dietrich ^d   McDonald, Scott A ^c   Maringhini, Guido ^a   van Lier, Alies ^c   Haagsma, Juanita A ^e   Havelaar, Arie H ^c,f   Kramarz, Piotr ^a   Kretzschmar, Mirjam E ^b,c  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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

^d German Environment Agency   (Germany)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; DISEASE BURDEN; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POPULATION HEALTH; POPULATION RISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSON; LIFE EXPECTANCY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION HEALTH; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 85045893564     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.16.17-00454     Document Type: Article

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