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Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: Disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
Salomon, JA., Vos, T., Hogan, DR., Gagnon, M., Naghavi, M., Mokdad, A., Begum, N., Shah, R., Karyana, M., Kosen, S., Farje, MR., Moncada, G., Dutta, A., Sazawal, S., Dyer, A., Seiler, J., Aboyans, V., Baker, L., Baxter, A., ... Murray, CJL. (2012). Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: Disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet, 380(9859), 2129-2143. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61680-8
This study represents the most extensive empirical effort as yet to measure disability weights. By contrast with the popular hypothesis that disability assessments vary widely across samples with different cultural environments, we have reported strong evidence of highly consistent results.