Understanding DALYs

被引：387

作者：

Murray, CJL ^{[1
]}

Acharya, AK ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Harvard Ctr Populat & Dev Studies, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS | 1997年 / 16卷 / 06期

关键词：

disability-adjusted life years (DALYs); health care policy; cost-effective analyses; quality of life years (QALYs); measurement of health status; person trade-off; LIFE EXPECTANCY; HEALTH; POPULATIONS; DISABILITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROGRAMS; WELFARE; DISEASE; QUALITY;

D O I：

10.1016/S0167-6296(97)00004-0

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

The measurement unit disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), used in recent years to quantify the burden of diseases, injuries and risk factors on human populations, is grounded on cogent economic and ethical principles and can guide policies toward delivering more cost-effective and equitable health care. DALYs follow from a fairness principle that treats `like as like' within an information set comprising the health conditions of individuals, differentiated solely by age and sex. The particular health state weights used to account for non-fatal health outcomes are derived through the application of various forms of the person trade-off. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.

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页码：703 / 730

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