The burden of disease
- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- viewpoint
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 169 (3) , 156-158
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb116018.x
Abstract
The World Bank's Burden of Disease Project, in particular the use of the “disability‐adjusted life‐year”, can aid Australia as we struggle to find just ways of allocating our finite healthcare resourcesKeywords
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