Research Article 
Urologic diseases in the Islamic Republic of Iran: what are the public health priorities?
Basiri A, Mousavi S.M., Naghavi M., Araghi I.A. and Namini S.A.
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2008, 14(6), 1338-1348.
Abstract
This study was designed to estimate the burden of urologic diseases in the Islamic Republic of Iran as a practical method for defining public health priorities. Using World Health Organization guidelines for national burden of disease studies, 6 steps were performed: selecting diseases to include; dynamic modelling of diseases; gathering data about urologic diseases; computing the local disability weights of urologic diseases; data analysis with DisMod II; and computing the disability-adjusted life years for each disease. Renal calculus, acute cystitis, chronic prostatitis, benign prostate hyperplasia, male infertility and adult polycystic kidney disease comprised the greatest burden.
ASCI-ID: 2858-1413
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