| Wilhelm Kirch - 2008 - 1611 pages
...combines in one measure the time lived with disability and the time lost due to premature mortality. One DALY can be thought of as one lost year of 'healthy'...burden of disease as a measurement of the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives into old age free of disease and... | |
| David M. Reid, Colin G. Miller - 2008 - 328 pages
...integrated measure of mortality and disability, combining mortality and morbidity in a single measure. One DALY can be thought of as one lost year of "healthy"...burden of disease as a measurement of the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives into old age free of disease and... | |
| Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health - 2008 - 280 pages
...combines in one measure the time lived with disability and the time lost due to premature mortality. One DALY can be thought of as one lost year of "healthy"...burden of disease as a measurement of the gap between current health status and an ideal situation in which everyone lives into old age free of disease and... | |
| Alan D. Lopez - 2006 - 511 pages
...healthy life lost by virtue of individuals being in states of poor health or disability (Murray 1996). One DALY can be thought of as one lost year of healthy life and the burden of disease as a measure of the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives into old... | |
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