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Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Ng, Marie; Gakidou, Emmanuela; Lo, Justin; Abate, … - In: The Lancet 405 (2025) 10481, pp. 813-838

Summary Background Overweight and obesity is a global epidemic. Forecasting future trajectories of the epidemic is crucial for providing an evidence base for policy change. In this study, we examine the historical trends of the global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and...

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Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Momtazmanesh, Sara; Moghaddam, Sahar Saeedi; Ghamari, … - In: eClinicalMedicine 59 (2023), pp. 101936-101936

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Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Ong, Kanyin Liane; Stafford, Lauryn K.; McLaughlin, Susan A. - In: The Lancet 402 (2023), pp. 203-234

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, and affects people regardless of country, age group, or sex. Using the most recent evidentiary and analytical framework from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD), we produced...

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How Important Is Health Status in Defining Quality of Life for Older People? An Exploratory Study of the Views of Older South Australians

Milte, Catherine; Walker, Ruth; Luszcz, Mary; Lancsar, Emily - In: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 12 (2014) 1, pp. 73-84

Older adults value both health and social domains as important to their overall quality of life. Future economic evaluations of health, community and aged-care services for older adults should include assessment of both health-related and broader aspects of quality of life. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer...

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The impact of using different tariffs to value EQ-5D health state descriptions: an example from a study of acute cough/lower respiratory tract infections in seven countries

Oppong, Raymond; Kaambwa, Billingsley; Nuttall, Jacqueline - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 14 (2013) 2, pp. 197-209

When using the EQ-5D in European cross-national studies, there is no consensus over whether the European value set (EVS), country specific value sets (CVS) or UK value set (UKVS) should be used. Data on health outcomes were collected in 7 countries. EQ-5D index scores were generated for each...

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Mapping utility scores from the Barthel index

Kaambwa, Billingsley; Billingham, Lucinda; Bryan, Stirling - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 14 (2013) 2, pp. 231-241

It is possible to reasonably predict that the EQ-5D from the Barthel using regression methods and the CLAD model (4) is recommended. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer-Verlag 2013

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Mapping utility scores from the Barthel index

Kaambwa, Billingsley; Billingham, Lucinda; Bryan, Stirling - In: The European journal of health economics : HEPAC ; … 14 (2013) 2, pp. 231-241

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The impact of using different tariffs to value EQ-5D health state descriptions : an example from a study of acute cough/lower respiratory tract infections in seven countries

Oppong, Raymond; Kaambwa, Billingsley; Nuttall, Jacqueline - In: The European journal of health economics : HEPAC ; … 14 (2013) 2, pp. 197-209

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009719790