Evaluation on disability weights of cancers in Zhejiang province

Objective To evaluate the disability weights of cancers in Zhejiang.Methods Based on the criteria of a seven classes of disability and 22 indicator conditions in Global Burden of Disease(GBD),10 clinical experts and 18 public health experts were selected in terms of Delphi method for evaluating the minimal and max imal disability weights of cancers by using sel-freg ulating experts consultation questionnaire.Results Response rate of questionnaire was 100%.The mean minimal and max imal disability weights of 13 kinds of cancers was 0.19~0.36 and 0.70~0.90,espectively.Conclusion Difference was found between the results of this study with the data of GBD and Dutch study in the mean disability weights for those cancers.