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Table 3 Illustrates the variables of Fox-Rushby and Hanson [ [35]] calculation method

From: System dynamics model of cervical cancer vaccination and screening interventions in Kenya

 

YLD

[K] Age weighting modulation factor

1

[W] is a constant

0.1658

[y] Discount rate expressed as decimals

0.03

[Alpha] Age at diagnosis of cervical cancer

45

[Beta] Parameter for age weighting function

0.04

[l] Average duration of disability

15

[D] Disability Index of cervical cancer

0.81

 

YLL

[alpha 2] Age of death

60.7

[life2] Standard expectation of life at age of diagnosis with cervical cancer

15.7