Taking multi-morbidity into account when attributing DALYs to risk factors: comparing dynamic modeling with the GBD2010 calculation method

• Hoofdauteurs: Hendriek C. Boshuizen (Auteur), Wilma J. Nusselder (Auteur), Marjanne H.D. Plasmans (Auteur), Henk H. Hilderink (Auteur), Bianca E.P. Snijders (Auteur), René Poos (Auteur), Coen H. van Gool (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: BMC, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) quantify the loss of healthy years of life due to dying prematurely and due to living with diseases and injuries. Current methods of attributing DALYs to underlying risk factors fall short on two main points. First, risk factor attribution m...