Multiple-informant ranking of the disabling effects of different health conditions in 14 countries
The LancetPublished 1 July 1999
T. Bedirhan Üstün, Jürgen Rehm, Somnath Chatterji, Shekhar Saxena, Robert T. Trotter, Robin Room
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Rank order of disabling effects of health conditions is relatively stable across countries, informant groups, and methods, however, the differences are large enough to cast doubt on the assumption of universality of experts' judgments about disability weights.
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Rank order of disabling effects of health conditions is relatively stable across countries, informant groups, and methods. However, the differences are large enough to cast doubt on the assumption of universality of experts' judgments about disability weights. Further studies are needed because disability weights are central to the calculation of disability-adjusted life years.
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