Updating Disability Weights for Measurement of Healthy Life Expectancy and Disability-adjusted Life Year in Korea.

Young-Eun Kim Min Woo Jo Hyesook Park In-Hwan Oh Seok-Jun Yoon Jeehee Pyo Minsu Ock

Published in: Journal of Korean medical science (2020)

We attempted to calculate DWs of 313 causes of disease based on the opinions of various types of medical professionals using the previous analysis methods as well as the revised analysis method. The DWs from this study can be used to accurately estimate DALY and health life expectancy, such as HALE, in the Korean population.

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healthcare
public health
mental health
health information
social media
human health