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Dielle Lundberg

Dielle Lundberg

Independent researcher and founder and lead writer of Ablesim & Healthcare Now

📍 Seattle, WA http://diellelundberg.com

New Research Brief Exposes Ableism in the DALY, an Influential Metric in Global Health and Health Economics

"Revisiting the Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) as a Health Metric: Rigorous Science or Ableist Guesswork?" is available to read online and as a PDF preprint on SocArXiv.

Revisiting the Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) as a Health Metric: Rigorous Science or Ableist Guesswork?

This research brief presents a methodological critique of the disability-adjusted life year (DALY), questioning the validity of this metric and arguing that it functions to uphold structural ableism in public health and healthcare.