Epidemiology & Prevention USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 23 year old woman develops paraplegia after a spinal cord injury and survives for decades with major functional limitation. Health economists want a measure that combines years lived with disability and years lost from premature death into a single burden estimate for the population. Which of the following is the most appropriate measure?
Answer choices
- AIncremental cost effectiveness ratio
- BDisability adjusted life yearsCorrect answer
- CIncidence density
- DCase fatality rate
- EQuality adjusted life years
- FYears of life expectancy
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