TY - JOUR AU - Wyper, Grant M. A. AU - Grant, Ian AU - Fletcher, Eilidh AU - McCartney, Gerry AU - Fischbacher, Colin AU - Stockton, Diane L. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/01/03 TI - How do world and European standard populations impact burden of disease studies? A case study of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in Scotland JO - Archives of Public Health SP - 1 VL - 78 IS - 1 AB - Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) are an established method for quantifying population health needs and guiding prioritisation decisions. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) estimates aim to ensure comparability between countries and over time by using age-standardised rates (ASR) to account for differences in the age structure of different populations. Different standard populations are used for this purpose but it is not widely appreciated that the choice of standard may affect not only the resulting rates but also the rankings of causes of DALYs. We aimed to evaluate the impact of the choice of standard, using the example of Scotland. SN - 2049-3258 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-019-0383-8 DO - 10.1186/s13690-019-0383-8 ID - Wyper2020 ER -