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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2015 Jul 24;36(2):199–209. doi: 10.1177/0272989X15594370

Table 3.

Lifespan Attributes and Their Values

Labels and Parameters
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 10 years then dies -
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 9 years, 11 months, and 23 days D7
(1 week less than 10 years)
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 9 years, 11 months, and 16 days then dies D14
(2 weeks less than 10 years)
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 9 years, 11 months, and 9 days then dies D21
(3 weeks less than 10 years)
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 9 years and 11 months then dies M1
(1 month less than 10 years)
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 9 years and 10 months then dies M2
(2 months less than 10 years)
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 9 years and 9 months then dies M3
(3 months less than 10 years)
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 9 years and 8 months then dies M4
(4 months less than 10 years)
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 9 years and 6 months then dies M6
(6 months less than 10 years)
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 9 years and 3 months then dies M9
(9 months less than 10 years)
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 9 years then dies Y1
(1 year less than 10 years)
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 8 years then dies Y2
(2 years less than 10 years)
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 7 years then dies Y3
(3 years less than 10 years)
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 6 years then dies Y4
(4 years less than 10 years)
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 5 years then dies Y5
(5 years less than 10 years)
Afterwards, the child has no health problems for 4 years then dies Y6
(6 years less than 10 years)

Dk, Mk, and Yk represent the reduction in a 10-year lifespan in days, months, and years, respectively, with an index, k, representing the number of time units.