The Lancet. Global health
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The Lancet. Global health · Nov 2015
Disability weights for the Global Burden of Disease 2013 study.
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study assesses health losses from diseases, injuries, and risk factors using disability-adjusted life-years, which need a set of disability weights to quantify health levels associated with non-fatal outcomes. The objective of this study was to estimate disability weights for the GBD 2013 study. ⋯ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.