Updating Korean Disability Weights for Causes of Disease: Adopting an Add-on Study Method.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Disability weights require regular updates, as they are influenced by both diseases and societal perceptions. Consequently, it is necessary to develop an up-to-date list of the causes of diseases and establish a survey panel for estimating disability weights. Accordingly, this study was conducted to calculate, assess, modify, and validate disability weights suitable for Korea, accounting for its cultural and social characteristics.

Methods

The 380 causes of disease used in the survey were derived from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network and from 2019 and 2020 Korean studies on disability weights for causes of disease. Disability weights were reanalyzed by integrating the findings of an earlier survey on disability weights in Korea with those of

SUBMITTER: Im D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10415644 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature