Korean J Prev Med.
2000 Dec;33(4):409-414.
Estimating the Disability Weight of Major Cancers in Korea Using Delphi Method
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- 1Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dankook University.
- 2Department of Health Services Management, Kyunghee University.
- 3Department of Social Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
To estimate the weighting for the disability caused by major cancers in Korea using the Delphi method.
METHODS
We selected 19 panelists to estimate the disability weighting of major cancers in Korea by using the Delphi method. To select the relevant kinds of cancers, we used National Death Certificate Data produced by the National Statistical Office in 1996. Then the stability of each delphi round was calculated by using the coefficient of variance.
RESULTS
The disability weight of major cancers for males was pancreas cancer(0.36), liver cancer(0.35), esophageal cancer(0.30), stomach cancer(0.27), lung cancer(0.26), and colorectal cancer(0.30). The disability weight of major cancers for females was pancreas cancer(0.36), liver cancer(0.34), esophageal cancer(0.29), stomach cancer(0.28), lung cancer(0.26), and colorectal cancer(0.28).
CONCLUSION
The results of this study will provide baseline data useful for the measurement of the burden of disease caused by cancers in Korea.
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