Healy And Daly Literature & Language Essay Research (Essay Sample)

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HEALY (Healthy life years) and DALY (Disability adjusted life years) are the current health indicators that take into consideration the life lost due to the days away from work (morbidity) and that attributed to premature death rate. (Mortality) The two indicators therefore take into consideration both the years used during healthy condition and the years lost either when away from work due to sickness or due to premature death. CITATION DrL15 \l 1033 (Say, 2015)
The two indicators can be applied to population groups to determine the impact of a particular disease and to work out the effects of the intervention by the government or an organization in intervening to curb the disease. Healthy life years for instant deal with the natural history of the disease which helps to establish the extent of disease problems, define the causes look for potential solutions to such causes and define the impact of intermediations. CITATION ADN \l 1033 (Jagger)