disability-adjusted life year

English

Alternative forms

• disability adjusted life year

Noun

disability-adjusted life year (plural disability-adjusted life years)

1. (medicine) A measure of overall disease burden, expressed as the number of years lost due to ill-health, disability or early death.

   Synonym: DALY (initialism)

See also

• healthspan
• QALY, quality-adjusted life year
• quality of life