Conference
Establishing disability weights for congenital paediatric surgical disease: a cross-sectional, multi-modal study
Abstract
BackgroundQuantifying burden of disease using disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) is a recognised method of establishing priorities for health-care resource allocation. Disabilities weights (DWs)—needed to calculate DALYs for surgical conditions—are currently underdeveloped or non-existent in paediatric surgery. The objective of this study is to establish DWs for a subset of paediatric congenital anomalies prevalent in Kenya and …
Authors
Poenaru D; Pemberton J; Frankfurter C; Cameron B
Volume
381
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2013
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(13)61369-0
Conference proceedings
The Lancet
ISSN
0140-6736