Data on Preventive Medicine Detailed by Researchers at National Health Insurance Service (DALY Estimation Approaches: Understanding and Using the Incidence-based Approach and the Prevalence-based Approach): Health and Medicine – Preventive Medicine

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2022 FEB 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Daily -- Research findings on preventive medicine are discussed in a new report. According to news originating from Wonju, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) estimates may vary according to factors such as the standard life expectancy, age weighting, time preference and discount rate, calculation of disability weights, and selection of the estimation method.”

Funders for this research include Korea Health Industry Development Institute Funder DOI: 10.13039/501100003710 Award: Ministry of Health and Welfare Funder DOI: 10.13039/501100003625 Award: HI18C0446.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service: “DALY estimation methods are divided into the following 3 approaches: the incidence-based approach, the pure prevalence-based approach, and the hybrid approach. These 3 DALY estimation approaches each reflect different perspectives on the burden of disease using unique characteristics, based on which the selection of a suitable approach may vary by the purpose of the study. The Global Burden of Disease studies, which previously estimated DALYs using the incidence-based approach, switched to using the hybrid approach in 2010, while the National Burden of Disease studies in Korea still mainly apply the incidence-based approach. In order to increase comparability with other international burden of disease studies, more DALY studies using the prevalence-based approach need to be conducted in Korea. However, with the limitations of the hybrid approach in mind, it is necessary to conduct more research using a disease classification system suitable for Korea. Furthermore, more detailed and valid data sources should be established before conducting studies using a broader variety of DALY estimation approaches.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “This review study will help researchers on burden of disease use an appropriate DALY estimation approach and will contribute to enhancing researchers’ ability to critically interpret burden of disease studies.”

For more information on this research see: DALY Estimation Approaches: Understanding and Using the Incidence-based Approach and the Prevalence-based Approach. Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2022,55(1):10-18. (Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health - https://www.jpmph.org/). The publisher for Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health is Korean Society for Preventive Medicine.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.21.597.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Young-Eun Kim, Department of Big Data Strategy, National Health Insurance Service, Wonju, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Yoon-Sun Jung, Minsu Ock, Seok-Jun Yoon.