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Table 4 Spearman's correlation coefficients (ρ) between burden of disease measures and diseases covered by economic evaluations of healthcare interventions

From: Burden of disease and economic evaluation of healthcare interventions: are we investigating what really matters?

Measure (year)

Correlation coefficient (n = 20)*

p-value

Correlation coefficient (n = 51)

p-value

Mortality (2006)

0.671

0.001

0.226

0.111

DALYs (2006)

0.634

0.003

0.267

0.058

YLLs (2006)

0.540

0.014

0.208

0.143

YLDs (2006)

0.508

0.022

0.226

0.111

  1. * The results were statistically significant at a level 0.050 (bilateral).
  2. DALYs: Disability adjusted life years; YLLs: Years of life lost; YLDs: Years lived with disability.
  3. Units: Mortality (number of deaths per year), DALYs (years), YLLs (years) and YLDs (years).
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