Question 37 (part 2) · LEK · Disability-adjusted life years (DALY)
Indicate the true statements concerning the disability-adjusted life years metric (DALYs):
1) this metric is an attempt to comprehensively address the problem of diseases and their impact on people's lives by combining in a single indicator life expectancy and a decrease in the quality of life associated with disability and invalidism.
2) the methodology for calculating the DALY is complicated, requires a lot of good quality, complete data on the health situation.
3) while measuring the burden of illness on society, DALY is a combination of 2 measurements: loss of potential years of life due to premature deaths and health losses due to disability.
4) to calculate the loss of DALY due to premature mortality, the so-called standard life expectancy is used.
5) the loss of DALY caused by disability is calculated by multiplying the length of life of the ill/ the lives of the diseased people by the coefficient corresponding to the severity of their disability.
The correct answer is:
2) the methodology for calculating the DALY is complicated, requires a lot of good quality, complete data on the health situation.
3) while measuring the burden of illness on society, DALY is a combination of 2 measurements: loss of potential years of life due to premature deaths and health losses due to disability.
4) to calculate the loss of DALY due to premature mortality, the so-called standard life expectancy is used.
5) the loss of DALY caused by disability is calculated by multiplying the length of life of the ill/ the lives of the diseased people by the coefficient corresponding to the severity of their disability.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,3.
- B. 2,3,4.
- C. 2,4,5.
- D. 1,3,4,5.
- E. all of the above.
Hint
Check each statement against how DALY is built from YLL and YLD; none of them contradicts that structure.
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