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. 2021 Mar;39(3):271-273.
doi: 10.1007/s40273-020-00999-z. Epub 2021 Jan 11.

Productivity-Adjusted Life-Years: A New Metric for Quantifying Disease Burden

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Productivity-Adjusted Life-Years: A New Metric for Quantifying Disease Burden

Zanfina Ademi et al. Pharmacoeconomics. 2021 Mar.
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Conflict of interest statement

Zanfina Ademi has no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article. Ilana N. Ackerman declares fellowship funds from the Victorian Government. Ella Zomer reports grant support from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Shire, outside the submitted work. Danny Liew declares grants from Abbvie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Edwards Lifesciences, Pfizer and Sanofi, and past participation in advisory boards and/or receipt of honoraria from Abbvie, Amgen, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Edwards Lifesciences, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi and Shire, outside the submitted work.

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Fig. 1
Cumulative productivity-adjusted life-years over time. The difference between the two curves (representing productivity with the condition of interest in red and without the condition of interest in black) is the loss in productivity-adjusted life-years

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