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Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) : A Primer B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit

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The Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) is a measure, or metric, that quantifies the burden of a negative event on society (i.e., natural disasters, injuries, illnesses). In essence, one DALY is one year of healthy life lost as a result of death or disability.

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Title
Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) : A Primer
Alternate Title
Injury Insight, September 2019
Creator
B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit
Date Issued
2019-09
Description
The Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) is a measure, or metric, that quantifies the burden of a negative event on society (i.e., natural disasters, injuries, illnesses). In essence, one DALY is one year of healthy life lost as a result of death or disability.
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Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2021-03-17
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0396147
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/77549
Affiliation
Other UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Other
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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