Publications by authors named "Ricard Genova"
Economic recessions can increase socioeconomic inequalities in health. The objective of this study was to analyze socioeconomic inequalities in small-for-gestational-age (SGA) births before and during the Spanish economic crisis. We conducted an ecological study of trends based on 2 periods before the crisis (1999-2003 and 2004-2008) and another during the crisis (2009-2013).
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- Hepatitis C (HCV) and B (HBV) are significant health issues in Spain, with 2000 data revealing HCV responsible for around 70% of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) deaths and 50% of cirrhosis-related deaths, while HBV accounted for 10% of HCC and 13% of cirrhosis deaths.
- The study estimated approximately 4,342 deaths from HCV and 877 from HBV in Spain in 2000, making up about 1.5% of total deaths that year, predominantly due to cirrhosis and HCC.
- The research highlights the critical need for better early diagnosis and treatment access to significantly reduce
Objective: Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) is a rare disease that results in great suffering. We estimated the burden of disease posed by scleroderma and its relative importance in the health of the Spanish population.
Methods: We estimated scleroderma-based burden of disease following procedures developed for the Global Burden of Disease study to ensure comparability.
We measured the burden caused by Parkinson's disease (PD) in Spain during the year 2000 and compared it against PD burden worldwide and in the European A subregion. Burden of disease (BoD) is an important factor in health policy. Disability-adjusted life years (DALY) as a measure of BoD is the result of adding years of life lost (YLL) and years lived with disability (YLD).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To estimate the burden of disease due to vaccinable diseases and the relative importance of these diseases in the health of the Spanish population aged less than 15 years old.
Methods: Disease burden was measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). DALYs were computed by adding years of life lost (YLL) to years lived with disability (YLD).