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    Using disability-adjusted life years to set health-based targets: A novel use of an established burden of disease metric

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    Gibney, K; Sinclair, M; O'Toole, J; Leder, K
    Date
    2013-08-01
    Source Title
    Journal of Public Health Policy
    Publisher
    PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Gibney, Katherine
    Affiliation
    Doherty Institute
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    Gibney, K., Sinclair, M., O'Toole, J. & Leder, K. (2013). Using disability-adjusted life years to set health-based targets: A novel use of an established burden of disease metric. JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY, 34 (3), pp.439-446. https://doi.org/10.1057/jphp.2013.22.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/255926
    DOI
    10.1057/jphp.2013.22
    Abstract
    Following the 1990 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) have been used widely to quantify the population health burden of diseases and to prioritise and evaluate the impact of specific public health interventions. In the context of the recent release of the 2010 GBD study, we explore the novel use of DALYS to determine health-based targets (HBTs). As with the more traditional use of DALYs, the main advantage of using DALYs as HBTs is the ability to account for differential disease severity, identify the most appropriate public health interventions, and measure the positive and negative outcomes of these interventions. Australia is currently considering adopting DALYs for setting HBTs for drinking water quality, as recommended by the WHO. Adoption of DALY HBTs could be relevant in other areas, including air quality, food safety, health care-associated infections, and surgical complications.

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