Estimating the burden of disease in one Swiss canton: what do disability adjusted life years (DALY) tell us?

Abstract

Some of the most important problems identified-depression, osteoarthritis and alcohol abuse-would have been overlooked in an analysis based solely on mortality data. The most striking finding is the importance of mental health problems. The main limitation is the lack of morbidity data for Geneva.

Keywords

Life expectancyMedicineDepression (economics)Disability-adjusted life yearYears of potential life lostBurden of diseasePopulationDisease burdenGerontologyDemographyNon-communicable diseaseEpidemiologyMental healthComparabilityDiseaseHealth economicsPublic healthEnvironmental healthPsychiatry

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Publication Info

Year: 2000
Type: article
Volume: 29
Issue: 5
Pages: 871-877
Citations: 69
Access: Closed

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