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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Years of life lost"”.
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Impactos econômicos dos acidentes fatais de trânsito no Estado da Paraíba no ano de 2012: efeitos sobre a produtividade
… work aimed to study the socioeconomic impacts of traffic accidents in Paraíba, with the main focus the evaluation of economic losses, represented by indirect costs and more specifically directed to lost productivity, observed from the cases of deaths found in the base data from the Mortality …
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Psychological Flexibility In Migraine Patients: The Role Of Acceptance And Values-Based Action
… and neurological disorders account for 30.80% of healthy years of life lost to disability; migraine alone accounts for 1.40% of that percentage. In addition to the functional impairment the attacks cause, migraine frequently co-occurs with other psychiatric disorders and is associated with …
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Depression amongst caregivers of children and adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV in Cape Town, South Africa
… It adds significantly to the global burden of disease and is responsible for the most years of life lost to disability in both men and women (Rehm & Shield, 2019). The successful roll-out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to those living with HIV has resulted in the emergence of an increasing …
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Prevalence and associated factors of the use of opioids in the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain. Perspective of the general Spanish population and the experience of patients.
Aims The general aim of this thesis was to study the situation of opioid treatments for chronic noncancer pain (CNCP). The specific aims were: first, to determine and synthesize the prevalence of the therapeutic use of opioids in patients with CNCP, and to analyze the factors associated with their …
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Examining the scope of homicide-suicide perpetrated by law enforcement: A population-based retrospective study using multiple frames, 2003 - 2017
… estimates. Homicide-suicide events, as a subset of domestic violence offenses, present a unique opportunity for study given the data collection practices of existing public health surveillance infrastructure. The present study contributes to the literature by using population-based data and vital …
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Economic and social consequences of human african trypanosomiasis in Muchinga, Lusaka and Eastern provinces of Zambia
… economic production losses in humans due to loss of man power and death. In Zambia most of the studies that have been done have focused on analysing the parasite while none have been conducted to establish the economic consequences of the burden of the disease on the affected populations. This …
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Economic and social consequences of human african trypanosomiasis in Muchinga, Lusaka and Eastern provinces of Zambia
… economic production losses in humans due to loss of man power and death. In Zambia most of the studies that have been done have focused on analysing the parasite while none have been conducted to establish the economic consequences of the burden of the disease on the affected populations. This …
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Economic Evaluation of the Pediatric Tele-resuscitation Intervention Pilot Study
… Objectives: This study aimed to (i) identify out-of-pocket (OOP) costs and time/productivity losses for parents of pediatric patients seeking care at the emergency department (ED); (ii) calculate financial spending within the Peds-TECH intervention and estimate health resource utilization (HRU) …
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Non-communicable diseases and economic outcomes in South Africa: a cohort study for the period of 2008-2018
Background: The total number of people living with non-communicable diseases in South Africa currently is unknown even though non-communicable diseases (NCDs) was accountable for 60% of the top ten causes of death in South Africa for the year 2015. In 2016, according to Stats SA, noncommunicable …
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Βιομετρική διερεύνηση των τροχαίων ατυχημάτων στην Ελλάδα και της επιπτώσεώς τους στο προσδόκιμο της επιβιώσεως του ελληνικού πληθυσμού
This study presents the evolution of traffic fatalities in Greece, during the period 1956-1982. The mortality rates from traffic accidents increase for both sexes until 1979. From 1979 until 1981 there is a minor decrease in the mortality rates from traffic accidents. After the 4th year of age …
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The economic burden, patients' well-being, and social determinants related to diabetes in South Africa
… (SSA) are confronted by a growing prevalence of diabetes mellitus, with an estimated 24 million adults affected in 2021, a number expected to more than double by 2045. This rise in diabetes not only increases the risk of premature death, but also significantly reduces the quality of life and …