To the Editor:Disability weights(DWs)are essential factors to quantify health losses relating to non-fatal outcomes for estimates of disability-adjusted life years(DALYs).Although national and subnational sets of DWs ...To the Editor:Disability weights(DWs)are essential factors to quantify health losses relating to non-fatal outcomes for estimates of disability-adjusted life years(DALYs).Although national and subnational sets of DWs were published recently in the Chinese mainland,[1]data from only 4925 participants who responded to population health equivalence(PHE)questions used to anchor the 0-1 DWs scale did not include participants from Fujian province.Moreover,it remains unknown whether people living in different cities share the same DWs.This study provided an alternative approach using non-parametric regression to locate the DWs scale,as used in European surveys,[2]aimed at measuring DWs at the provincial and subprovincial levels in Fujian.展开更多
基金Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Project(No.2020Y0060)Fujian Provincial Health Technology Project(No.2019-CXB-15)Fujian Provincial Health Technology Project(No.2020GGA026)
文摘To the Editor:Disability weights(DWs)are essential factors to quantify health losses relating to non-fatal outcomes for estimates of disability-adjusted life years(DALYs).Although national and subnational sets of DWs were published recently in the Chinese mainland,[1]data from only 4925 participants who responded to population health equivalence(PHE)questions used to anchor the 0-1 DWs scale did not include participants from Fujian province.Moreover,it remains unknown whether people living in different cities share the same DWs.This study provided an alternative approach using non-parametric regression to locate the DWs scale,as used in European surveys,[2]aimed at measuring DWs at the provincial and subprovincial levels in Fujian.
