TY - JOUR
T1 - Disability weights measurement for 17 diseases in Japan
T2 - A survey based on medical professionals
AU - Piao, Xiangdan
AU - Tsugawa, Shuichi
AU - Takemura, Yukie
AU - Ichikawa, Naoko
AU - Kida, Ryohei
AU - Kunie, Keiko
AU - Managi, Shunsuke
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgment: This work was supported by Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan (RIHN: a constituent member of NIHU): Feasibility Project 14200138 ; University of Tokyo Operating Expenses, Japan ; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Grant Number JP20H00648 ; the 4th Environmental Economics Research Fund of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan , Japan. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the agencies. We thank Hiromi Sanada at University of Tokyo for her support. We thank the editor and the reviewers for your thoughtful suggestions and insights.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan (RIHN: a constituent member of NIHU): Feasibility Project 14200138; University of Tokyo Operating Expenses ; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Grant Number JP20H00648 ; the 4th Environmental Economics Research Fund of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan . Any opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the agencies. We thank Hiromi Sanada at University of Tokyo for her support. We thank the editor and the reviewers for your thoughtful suggestions and insights.
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© 2021 Economic Society of Australia, Queensland
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - When judging a population's health to determine disability-adjusted life years, disability weight is a tool for measuring the severity of disability caused by a disease. However, previous studies have pointed out that surveys targeting ordinary citizens produce unclear disability weight values. Therefore, in an attempt to obtain clearer estimations, we conduct a paper-based questionnaire survey of medical professionals – nurses with over ten years of experience – believed to have extensive knowledge of diseases and experience in patient care. We find that disability weight estimations based on the survey of medical professionals presents higher values than those based on a survey of ordinary citizens using the same estimation approach, especially for non-terminal-stage diseases. This suggests that medical-professionals-based surveys may correct the underestimated disability weights of non-terminal diseases (e.g., early stage of cancers and mellitus) found through ordinary-citizens-based surveys. Moreover, we illustrate that depressive disorder and early-stage cancers have almost the same health loss since their disability weights are similar.
AB - When judging a population's health to determine disability-adjusted life years, disability weight is a tool for measuring the severity of disability caused by a disease. However, previous studies have pointed out that surveys targeting ordinary citizens produce unclear disability weight values. Therefore, in an attempt to obtain clearer estimations, we conduct a paper-based questionnaire survey of medical professionals – nurses with over ten years of experience – believed to have extensive knowledge of diseases and experience in patient care. We find that disability weight estimations based on the survey of medical professionals presents higher values than those based on a survey of ordinary citizens using the same estimation approach, especially for non-terminal-stage diseases. This suggests that medical-professionals-based surveys may correct the underestimated disability weights of non-terminal diseases (e.g., early stage of cancers and mellitus) found through ordinary-citizens-based surveys. Moreover, we illustrate that depressive disorder and early-stage cancers have almost the same health loss since their disability weights are similar.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eap.2021.02.010
DO - 10.1016/j.eap.2021.02.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85101836055
SN - 0313-5926
VL - 70
SP - 238
EP - 248
JO - Economic Analysis and Policy
JF - Economic Analysis and Policy
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