The burden of disease in Saudi Arabia 1990-2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Availability of data to assess the population health and provision and quality of health care in Saudi Arabia has been lacking. In 2010, Saudi Arabia began a major investment and transformation programme in the health-care sector. Here we assess the impact of this investment era on mortality, health loss, risk factors, and health-care services in the country.

Methods

We used results of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2017 to describe the levels and temporal patterns in deaths, health loss, risk factors, and health-care access and quality in the Saudi Arabian population during 1990-2010 (before the health-care investments and reform) and 2010-17 (during health-care investments and reform). We also compared patterns in health ou

SUBMITTER: GBD 2017 Saudi Arabia Collaborators 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7653403 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature