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Measuring the burden of disease: healthy life-years.

Author(s) -

Adnan A. Hyder,

Guida Rotllant,

Richard H. Morrow

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.88.2.196

Subject(s) - years of potential life lost , medicine , disadvantaged , census , burden of disease , psychological intervention , environmental health , disability adjusted life year , life expectancy , gerontology , disease burden , demography , population , economic growth , nursing , sociology , economics

This paper presents the background and rationale for a composite indicator, healthy life-year (HeaLY), that incorporates mortality and morbidity into a single number. HeaLY is compared with the disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) indicator, to demonstrate the relative simplicity and ease of use of the former.

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