according to importance of cirrhosis of the liver and the lack of information about the economic burden of the disease, we performed this study to estimate the economic burden of liver cirrhosis in iran in 2011.the cost-of-illness method, based on the human capital theory, has been used. both direct and indirect costs have been estimated using a prevalence approach and bottom-up method. the inp...

Neurodegenerative diseases are the hereditary and sporadic diseases which are characterized by progressive neuronal loss of the nervous system and are emerging as the leading cause of death, disabilities, and a socioeconomic burden due to an increase in life expectancy. There are many neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s, disease, amyotrophic lateral...

introduction: disabled-adjusted life year (daly) makes it possible to calculate the time and duration of the disease and its non-fatal consequences along with the time lost due to premature death. this study was aimed to estimate the burden of road traffic accidents (rta) in kermanshah province. methods: to determine the mortality related to road-traffic accidents as well as years of life lost ...