Criteria | Description | |
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1 | Disease severity | The fatality and disability level of the disease |
2 | Age (Children or Adults) | The age range of patients using the intervention (children or adults) |
3 | Daily care Needs | Does the patient need daily care from family members or nurses? |
4 | Access to Alternative Interventions | The number of medicines or alternative interventions available to treat a given disease |
5 | Individual’s Economic status | The disease is more prevalent among the poorer groups of society or groups with good economic status |
6 | Population Size (Common or Rare Diseases) | The number of patients who need specific intervention to treat the disease |
7 | Diseases with absence from work | The impact of illness on absenteeism of working patients |
8 | Lifestyle-related diseases | To what extent people’s unhealthy lifestyle caused the disease |