Improved and standardized method for assessing years lived with disability after burns and its application to estimate the non-fatal burden of disease of burn injuries in Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands

• Main Authors: Inge Spronk (Author), Dale W. Edgar (Author), Margriet E. van Baar (Author), Fiona M. Wood (Author), Nancy E. E. Van Loey (Author), Esther Middelkoop (Author), Babette Renneberg (Author), Caisa Öster (Author), Lotti Orwelius (Author), Asgjerd L. Moi (Author), Marianne Nieuwenhuis (Author), Cornelis H. van der Vlies (Author), Suzanne Polinder (Author), Juanita A. Haagsma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Burden of disease estimates are an important resource in public health. Currently, robust estimates are not available for the burn population. Our objectives are to adapt a refined methodology (INTEGRIS method) to burns and to apply this new INTEGRIS-burns method to estimate, and...