https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/111674
標題: | Comparative risk and impact assessment for occupational and environmental health | 作者: | Wang, Jung-Der 王榮德 |
關鍵字: | quality of life (QOL);quality-adjusted life year (QALY);disability-adjusted life year (DALY);health risk/impact assessment;occupational health;environmental health | 公開日期: | 2008 | 卷: | v.13 | 期: | n.1 | 起(迄)頁: | 33-39 | 來源出版物: | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY | 摘要: | In the quantification of burdens of diseases, QALY (quality- adjusted life year) or DALY (disability-adjusted life year) have been used for comparative assessment of population health. By adjusting the survival function with the mean of quality of life (QOL) at every time point t and summing up yearly throughout lifetime, we obtained the quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) with the unit of QALY: QALE = integral E[Qol(t vertical bar x(i))]S(t vertical bar x(i))dt Three environmental health issues were empirically assessed as examples: the contamination of underground water by chlorinated hydrocarbons from an electronics factory; the enforcement of helmet law in Taipei city; and occupational policies for protection of offspring of female lead workers. The likelihoods and expected numbers of new cases with liver cancer, head injury, or mentally impaired offspring born to mothers of lead workers were estimated, and these were then multiplied by the quality-adjusted life expectancy lost per case. The results showed that the ground water pollution produced a potential loss of 78 QALM (quality- adjusted life month) for the 1000 people in the downstream community. The enforcement of helmet law in Taipei would save 6240 QALY annually. The expected utility loss of the babies born to female lead workers was about 216 QALY. If the QOL was measured by psychometry, it could be applied in clinical outcome evaluation. If it was extended to consider the cost of illness, the financial burden to the National Health Insurance could be estimated. We conclude that this is a feasible method for comparative health risk/impact assessment for public health and clinical policy decisions. |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/161173 |
顯示於: | 環境與職業健康科學研究所 |
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