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[A study on methods to measure the social burden of disease and their significance]
1Department of Preventive Health, North China Coal Medical College, Tangshan 063000, China.
Objective:
To explore the effects of social burden of disease (BOD) on the total BOD.
Methods:
With stroke as an example, BOD was measured using the index, disability adjusted life years (DALY), and partial social BOD was measured using another index, time lost for nursing care of hospitalized patients.
Results:
The burden of stroke was 11.70 DALYs per thousand in men and 9.38 in women, respectively, and the burden for caring of patients with stroke during hospitalization accounted for 2.2% and 2.8% of the total BOD for men and women, respectively.
Conclusion:
Effects of social BOD should be taken into consideration in measurement of total BOD.
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