Estimating Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) in Community Cases of Norovirus in England

Disability adjusted life years (DALYs) have been used since the 1990s. It is a composite measure of years of life lost with years lived with disability. Essentially, one DALY is the equivalent of a year of healthy life lost if a person had not experienced disease. Norovirus is the most common cause...

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Main Authors: John P. Harris, Miren Iturriza-Gomara, Sarah J. O’Brien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-02-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/2/184