Publication Name	World Journal of Methodology
Manuscript ID	95796
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Category	Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Manuscript Type	Opinion Review
Article Title	Reevaluating health metrics: Unraveling the limitations of disability-adjusted life years as an indicator in disease burden assessment
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Ariel Beresniak, Dominique Bremond-Gignac, Danielle Dupont and Gerard Duru
ORCID	Author(s) ORCID Number Ariel Beresniak http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0139-4166 Dominique Bremond-Gignac http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3563-5482 Danielle Dupont http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7212-3697 Gerard Duru http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8156-0648
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Corresponding Author	Ariel Beresniak, MD, PhD, CEO, Senior Researcher, . aberesniak@datamining-international.com
Key Words	Disability adjusted life years; Cost-utility analyses; Outcome research; Public health; Burden of disease
Core Tip	Despite its adoption for conducting burden of disease studies, the disability-adjusted life years synthetic indicator has raised substantial methodological concerns since its introduction, leading to inconsistent and non-reproducible outcomes, and consequently, flawed results and public health rankings.
Publish Date	2024-09-29 07:44
Citation	<p>Beresniak A, Bremond-Gignac D, Dupont D, Duru G. Reevaluating health metrics: Unraveling the limitations of disability-adjusted life years as an indicator in disease burden assessment. <i>World J Methodol</i> 2025; 15(1): 95796</p>
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DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.5662/wjm.v15.i1.95796

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