Comparing And Contrasting The DALY

The DALY as a measure of the health gap can be utilised in priority setting for research. However, since its development much of the criticism of the GBD study is focused on the construction of DALYs and the ethical choices behind its creation. It has been argued that DALYs only reflect the presence of a medical condition that is associated with certain functional limitations and the models require so many inputs that makes it difficult for local research groups to apply DALY methods to their populations (Arnsen and Nord 1999). There are difficulties in the understanding and interpretation of the DALYs especially when contrasting the DALY with other health proxies such as death rates or life expectancies (Arnesen and Nord 1999). The DALY which