People are living and working longer. But their livesand workplace performanceare negatively impacted by all manner of disability. The Global Burden of Disease Study released in December 2012 is a landmark effort to describe and predict healthcare trends around the world. Produced over five years by 486 researchers at 302 institutions in 50 countries, the study is the most detailed look at health on the population level ever attempted.
The study’s authors reached a dramatic conclusion, as expressed by Christopher J.L. Murray, who headed the study: “We are in transition to a world where disability is the dominant concern as opposed to premature death.”
