Global Skin Disease Morbidity and Mortality

2017698 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Chanté Karimkhani · University of Colorado Denver

Robert P. Dellavalle · VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

Luc E. Coffeng · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Carsten Flohr · King's College London

Roderick J. Hay · King's College Hospital

Sinéad Langan · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Elaine O. Nsoesie

Abstract

Skin and subcutaneous diseases were the 18th leading cause of global DALYs in Global Burden of Disease 2013. Excluding mortality, skin diseases were the fourth leading cause of disability worldwide.

Topics & Keywords

Dermatological diseases and infestations Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA Dermatology

Volume 153, Issue 5, pp. 406-406

DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.5538

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 33.06