Disability weight measurement for the severity of different diseases in Wuhan, China

• Main Authors: Xiaoxue Liu (Author), Yan Guo (Author), Fang Wang (Author), Yong Yu (Author), Yaqiong Yan (Author), Haoyu Wen (Author), Fang Shi (Author), Yafeng Wang (Author), Xuyan Wang (Author), Hui Shen (Author), Shiyang Li (Author), Yanyun Gong (Author), Sisi Ke (Author), Wei Zhang (Author), Qiman Jin (Author), Gang Zhang (Author), Yu Wu (Author), Maigeng Zhou (Author), Chuanhua Yu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Measurement of the Chinese burden of disease with disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) requires disability weight (DW) that quantify health losses for all non-fatal consequences of disease and injury. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2013 DW study indicates that it is limited...