Measuring disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to COVID-19 in Scotland, 2020

• Main Authors: Grant M. A. Wyper (Author), Eilidh Fletcher (Author), Ian Grant (Author), Gerry McCartney (Author), Colin Fischbacher (Author), Oliver Harding (Author), Hannah Jones (Author), Maria Teresa de Haro Moro (Author), Niko Speybroeck (Author), Brecht Devleesschauwer (Author), Diane L. Stockton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) combine the impact of morbidity and mortality and can enable comprehensive, and comparable, assessments of direct and indirect health harms due to COVID-19. Our aim was to estimate DALYs directly due to COVID-19 in Scotland, during 2020; and...