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... > social science subjects > health and social care > medical science > medicine > clinical medicine > clinical practice > health status measures > functional status measures > disability adjusted life years
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disability adjusted life years  

Definition

  • A measure of a population's health, the total amount of healthy life lost, to all causes, either from premature mortality or from some degree of disability during a period of time (burden of disease; quality adjusted life years). [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Disability Adjusted Life Years]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-BWMHV5D9-K

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