Changes in health in Belgium, 1990-2016: a benchmarking analysis based on the global burden of disease 2016 study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite increasing of the Belgian health expenditures, several indicators related to population health showed poor results. The objectives of this study were to perform an in-depth analysis of the secular trend of Belgian health status using the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2016 study results for Belgium, and to compare these results with other European countries.

Methods

We collected results of the Global Burden of Disease 2016 study through the GBD results and visualization tools. We benchmarked Belgian GBD results with the other initial members of the European Union (EU15).

Results

Belgium performed significantly better in 2016 than in 1990 in terms of age-standardized (AS) Year of Life Lost (YLL) rates but not significantly different in terms of AS Ye

SUBMITTER: Maertens de Noordhout C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6011511 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature