background: cardiovascular diseases are viewed worldwide as one of the main causes of death.this study aims to report the burden of ischemic heart diseases (ihds) in iran by using data of the global burden of disease (gbd) study, 1990-2010. materials and methods: the gbd study 2010 was a systematic eff ort to provide comprehensive data to calculate disability-adjusted life years (dalys) for dis...

AIMS The two components of disability-adjusted life year (DALY), years of life lost (YLL) and years lived with disability (YLD), are underutilized in evaluating heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and in assessing the global burden of disease. We aim to describe both the direct (medical) and the indirect (morbidity and mortality) inpatient cost of congestive heart failure in a ...

The value of measuring the population burden of fatal and nonfatal injury is well established. Population health metrics are important for assessing health status and health-related quality of life after injury and for integrating mortality, disability, and quality-of-life consequences. A frequently used population health metric is the disability-adjusted life-year. This metric was launched in ...

BACKGROUND Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a systems-based method used to determine potential impacts to the environment associated with a product throughout its life cycle. Conclusions from LCA studies can be applied to support decisions regarding product design or public policy, therefore, all relevant inputs (e.g., raw materials, energy) and outputs (e.g., emissions, waste) to the product sys...

conclusions the state of santa catarina has reduced the disease burden rates attributed to disability from hepatitis b, but there has been an increase in the burden of premature mortality from 2005 to 2010. objectives to estimate and analyze the burden of hepatitis b in the state of santa catarina, in 2005 - 2010. materials and methods a time-series analysis was conducted using notification dat...

background: â maintenance of health and its fair and just promotion in any society is the responsibility and duty of its respective government. appropriate financial allocations and prudent decisions in the health sector requires the definition of an index that would reveal the loss resulting from early deaths of any cause and originate from disabilities due to nonfatal outcomes. the disability...