Dutch DALYs, current and future burden of disease in the Netherlands
ConclusionsTo calculate the DALY requires a substantial amount of data, methodological choices, interpretation and presentation of results, and the personnel capacity to carry out all these tasks. However, doing a National Burden of Disease study, and especially doing that for more than 20 years, proved to have an enormous additional value in population health information and thus supports better public health policies.
Source: Archives of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
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