Disease management index of potential years of life lost as a tool for setting priorities in national disease control using OECD health data

Sung-In Jang, Jung-Mo Nam, Jongwon Choi and Eun-Cheol Park

Health Policy, 2014, vol. 115, issue 1, 92-99

Abstract: Limited healthcare resources make it necessary to maximize efficiency in disease management at the country level by priority-setting according to disease burden. To make the best priority settings, it is necessary to measure health status and have standards for its judgment, as well as consider disease management trends among nations.

Keywords: Setting priorities; Disease burden; Disease management index; DMI; Position value for relative comparison; PARC; Potential years of life lost (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.11.007

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