4 Disability Indicators
Life expectancy (LE) estimates are insensitive to the health status of the population.
They provide no indication of the quality of life, only the quantity
Moving beyond LE are the indicators below:
1 HALE (Health – Adjusted Life Expectancy)
2 “Sullivan’s index” or Disability – free life expectancy or Active life expectancy
3 QALY (Quality – adjusted life years)
4 Disability – adjusted life years (DALY)
HALE (Health – Adjusted Life Expectancy): HALE (Health – Adjusted Life Expectancy)
Sullivan’s index’ or ‘Disability Free Life Expectancy’ or “Active Life Expectancy”‘Sullivan’s index’ or ‘Disability Free Life Expectancy’ or “Active Life Expectancy”
QALY (Quality – adjusted life years): QUALY (Quality – adjusted life years)
DALY (Disability Adjusted Life Years): Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY)