Disability adjusted life year
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The disability adjusted life year (DALY) is used to measure the state of health of a population and, together with the concept of cost-effectiveness, to judge which interventions to improve health deserve the highest priority for action. It is a quantitative indicator of burden of disease that reflects the total amount of healthy life lost, to all causes, whether from premature mortality or from some degree of disability during a period of time.
References
Michaud C, McKenna M, Begg S, Tomijima N, Majmudar M, Bulzcchelli M, Ebrahim S, Ezzati M, Salomon J, Gaber Kreiser J, Hogan M, Murray C. The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996. Population Health Metrics 2006, 4:11 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-4-11
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