A basic requirement for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of health interventions is a
comprehensive assessment of the amount of ill health (premature death and disability) …

In 1993 the World Bank, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the
Harvard School of Public Health, sponsored a study to assess the global burden of disease …

In 1993 the Harvard School of Public Health in collaboration with The World Bank and WHO
assessed the Global Burden of Disease (GBD). As well as generating comprehensive and …

In 1993 the World Bank sponsored a study to assess the global burden of disease in
collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Harvard School of Public …

Detailed assumptions used in constructing a new indicator of the burden of disease, the
disability-adjusted life year (DALY), are presented. Four key social choices in any indicator …

This chapter begins with a brief history of the work on burden of disease, including a
discussion of the nature and origins of the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) as a measure …

OBJECTIVES: This study estimated the burden of disease due to 48 major causes in the
Netherlands in 1994 in disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), using national epidemiologic …

1. Objectives Decision makers need the best available evidence in the form of quantities of
interest to them. Concerns about quality and uncertainty of data are not an acceptable …

The 1993 World Development Report (WDR), Investing in Health, used the Disability
Adjusted Life Year (DALY) to measure the state of health of a population and, together with …

Background Burden of disease studies have been implemented in many countries using the
Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) to assess major health problems. Important objectives …