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Doruk Ozgediz

Researcher at University of California, San Francisco

Publications -  169
Citations -  30222

Doruk Ozgediz is an academic researcher from University of California, San Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Pediatric surgery. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 139 publications receiving 26771 citations. Previous affiliations of Doruk Ozgediz include The Advisory Board Company & Makerere University.

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Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

Rafael Lozano, +195 more
- 15 Dec 2012 - 
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010 aimed to estimate annual deaths for the world and 21 regions between 1980 and 2010 for 235 causes, with uncertainty intervals (UIs), separately by age and sex, using the Cause of Death Ensemble model.
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Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

Theo Vos, +363 more
- 15 Dec 2012 - 
TL;DR: Prevalence and severity of health loss were weakly correlated and age-specific prevalence of YLDs increased with age in all regions and has decreased slightly from 1990 to 2010, but population growth and ageing have increased YLD numbers and crude rates over the past two decades.
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Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

Christopher J L Murray, +369 more
- 15 Dec 2012 - 
TL;DR: The results for 1990 and 2010 supersede all previously published Global Burden of Disease results and highlight the importance of understanding local burden of disease and setting goals and targets for the post-2015 agenda taking such patterns into account.
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The burden of surgical conditions and access to surgical care in low- and middle-income countries

Doruk Ozgediz, +3 more
- 01 Aug 2008 - 
TL;DR: It is argued that enough is already known to justify accelerated action on surgery in low- and middle-income countries and that impact would have on global health disparities, and how does this compare with other interventions.
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Increasing access to surgical services in sub-saharan Africa: priorities for national and international agencies recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group.

Sam Luboga, +41 more
- 22 Dec 2009 - 
TL;DR: In this Policy Forum, the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group, which was formed to advocate for increased access to surgery in Africa, recommends four priority areas for national and international agencies to target in order to address the surgical burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa.