Introduction Metrics to allow for surveillance and assessment of population-level health status Provide crucial information help set public health priorities and strategies Indicate mortality, morbidity, and disability regarding specific diseases Commonly-Used Health Indicators Commonly Used Health Indicators Indicator Description Calculation/Equation Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) measure of burden of a particular disease accounts for morbidity and mortality years of life x utility value utility value is calculated for each particular disease range of 0 (death) to 1 (complete health) per year e.g.,if a patient lives for 2 years with a utility value of 0.25 (a quarter of complete health), the patient will have 0.5 QALYs Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) accounts for years lost secondary to early mortality or years of disability # years lost + # disabled years in a population due to a particular disease Potential years of life lost (PYLL) total years of life that would have been lived if the patient had a normal life expectancy typically use 65 as life expectancy e.g.,65 - age at death from disease