| Title |
A Square Peg in a Round Hole? Challenges with DALY‐based “Burden of Disease” Calculations in Surgery and a Call for Alternative Metrics
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|---|---|
| Published in |
World Journal of Surgery, August 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00268-013-2182-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Richard Gosselin, Doruk Ozgediz, Dan Poenaru |
| Abstract |
In recent years, surgical providers and advocates have engaged in a growing effort to establish metrics to estimate capacity for surgical services as well the burden of surgical diseases in resource-limited settings. The burden of disease (BoD) studies have established the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) as the primary metric to measure both disability and premature mortality. Nonetheless, DALY-based approaches present methodological challenges, some of which are unique to surgical conditions, not fully addressed through the multiple iterations of the BoD studies, including the most recent study. |
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| Switzerland | 1 | 50% |
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| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
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| Unknown | 54 | 96% |
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| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 12 | 21% |
| Unknown | 7 | 13% |
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