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A consensus methodology using cumulative disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) curves was proposed to estimate the global burden of surgical conditions and the unmet need for surgical care.
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May aid global surgery prioritization; leaves open empirical validation before policy use.
Provides a methodological framework using DALYs to quantify the global public health burden of surgical conditions and the unmet need for surgical care.
Bickler et al. (2009) studied Surgical conditions. A consensus methodology using cumulative disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) curves was proposed to estimate the global burden of surgical conditions and the unmet need for surgical care.
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