disability-adjusted life year

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001880",
  "term": "disability-adjusted life year",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A unit of health care status that adjusts age-specific life expectancy by the loss of health and years of life due to disability from disease or injury. DALYs are often used to measure the global burden of disease.",
  "abbreviation": "DALY",
  "synonyms": [
    "YLD (years lost due to disability)",
    "YLL (years of life lost)",
    "years lived with disability",
    "years lost due to disability",
    "years lost to disability",
    "years of life lost"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "health-adjusted life year",
    "disability weights"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology, NIH",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "año de vida ajustado por discapacidad"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/disability-adjusted-life-year/"
}