Disability-adjusted life year burden of abusive head trauma at ages 0-4

Disability-adjusted life year burden of abusive head trauma at ages 0-4

Objective: We estimated the disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) burden of abusive head trauma (AHT) at ages 0 to 4 years in the United States. Methods: DALYs are computed by summing years of productive life that survivors lost to disability plus life-years lost to premature death. Surveying a conve...

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Main Authors: Miller, Ted, Steinbeigle, R., Wicks, A., Lawrence, B., Barr, M., Barr, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Academy of Pediatrics 2014
Subjects:
Health Utilities Index
shaken - baby syndrome
child abuse
maltreatment
DALY
traumatic brain injury
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32252

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32252

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