Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Novel empirical disability weights to assess the burden of non-fatal injury.
Disability weights are necessary to estimate the disability component (years lived with disability, YLDs) of disability-adjusted life years. The original global burden of disease approach to deriving disability weights ignores temporary consequences of injury. ⋯ YLD calculations based on global burden of disease disability weights underestimate the size of the injury problem by ignoring temporary health consequences. Application of novel empirical disability weights, derived using the annual profile approach, may improve calculations on the burden of non-fatal injury.