Open AccessAn attempt to measure burden of disease using adjusted life years for Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
Kumudu Wijewardene,
M Spohr
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
ceylon medical journal/the ceylon medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2386-1274
pISSN - 0009-0875
DOI - 10.4038/cmj.v45i3.8110
Subject(s) - medicine , sri lanka , disease , incidence (geometry) , burden of disease , disease burden , non communicable disease , environmental health , gerontology , pediatrics , socioeconomics , physics , sociology , optics , tanzania
Disability adjusted life years (DALY) is a measure of burden of disease (BOD) that assesses the years of healthy life lost due to disease or illness.