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: Received: 5 December 2023 / Approved: 6 December 2023 / Online: 6 December 2023 (08:07:09 CET)
How to cite:
Vasan, S.; Fluck, N. On Burden of Diseases, Prevention, Medical Research and Health Service Delivery: Grampian Case Study. Preprints2023, 2023120361. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0361.v1
Vasan, S.; Fluck, N. On Burden of Diseases, Prevention, Medical Research and Health Service Delivery: Grampian Case Study. Preprints 2023, 2023120361. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0361.v1
Vasan, S.; Fluck, N. On Burden of Diseases, Prevention, Medical Research and Health Service Delivery: Grampian Case Study. Preprints2023, 2023120361. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0361.v1
APA Style
Vasan, S., & Fluck, N. (2023). On Burden of Diseases, Prevention, Medical Research and Health Service Delivery: Grampian Case Study. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0361.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Vasan, S. and Nicholas Fluck. 2023 "On Burden of Diseases, Prevention, Medical Research and Health Service Delivery: Grampian Case Study" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0361.v1
Abstract
Burden of diseases measured as disability-adjusted life years per 100,000 people can be mined from public domain data, when they are made available by population health surveillance systems. This can be analysed to allow insightful comparisons with the national average, and to understand differences in trends between the sexes, age groups, time periods, geographic regions and sub-regions. In this illustrative case study, we have analysed the Scottish burden of disease database to understand what ailed the population of the Grampian region before the COVID-19 pandemic. We have identified selected cancers, ischaemic heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias amongst the highest contributors to the burden; that drug use disorders and colorectal cancer are showing worsening trends and require health promotion and disease prevention measures from ages 15 and 25 respectively, especially in Aberdeen City; and that males are more vulnerable to atrial fibrillation and flutter, diabetes mellitus and oesophageal cancer, while females are to cerebrovascular disease. We demonstrate the usefulness of our analysis and methodology for the wider health system, allowing targeted medical research investments and coordinated response from public health and health service delivery. We also show the need for up-to-date surveillance data, forecasts and evidence on the impact of interventions to be made available widely.
Keywords
burden of disease; disability-adjusted life year (DALY); disease prevention; epidemiology; health policy; health service; health surveillance; medical research; public health
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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