Context matters for disability and priority setting for musculoskeletal diseases: revisiting the egalitarian approach to disability weights and disability-adjusted life-years

Health metrics have evolved with increasing sophistication. The disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) has emerged as a widely used metric. While DALYs vary between countries, the global disability weights (DWs) that are integral to the DALY ignore the potential impact of local factors on the burden o...

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Main Authors: John G Meara, Daniel Scott Corlew, Helena Franco, Manon Pigeolet, Lisa Nussbaum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-06-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/6/e012106.full