Advantages of Disability-Adjusted Life Years to Measure the Burden of COVID-19

authors:

avatar Saied Bokaie ORCID 1 , avatar Alireza Bahonar 1 , avatar Ali Akbar Haghdoost ORCID 2 , avatar Salman Daneshi ORCID 3 , * , avatar Eshagh Barfar 4

Department of Food Hygiene and Quality Control, Division of Epidemiology and Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Research Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Future Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Department of Public Health, School of Health, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran
Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

how to cite: Bokaie S, Bahonar A, Haghdoost A A , Daneshi S, Barfar E. Advantages of Disability-Adjusted Life Years to Measure the Burden of COVID-19. Health Scope. 2022;11(4):e129849. https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope-129849.

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