Prevalence, burden of disease, and lost in health state utilities attributable to chronic musculoskeletal disorders and pain in Chile

• Main Authors: Pedro Zitko (Author), Norberto Bilbeny (Author), Carlos Balmaceda (Author), Tomas Abbott (Author), Cesar Carcamo (Author), Manuel Espinoza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Musculoskeletal disorders are a leading cause of disability adjusted life years (DALY) in the world. We aim to describe the prevalence and to compare the DALYs and loss of health state utilities (LHSU) attributable to common musculoskeletal disorders in Chile. Methods We used dat...