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Quality-adjusted life year

The quality-adjusted life year (QALY) is a generic measure of disease burden, including both the quality and the quantity of life lived. It is used in economic evaluation to assess the value of medical interventions. One QALY equates to one year in perfect health. QALY scores range from 1 (perfect health) to 0 (dead). QALYs can be used to inform health…

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Quality-adjusted life year → Death, For, In, It, One, QALY, QALYs, The, Therefore, This, Utility

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the EuroQol Group's EQ-5D questionnaireinstance ofbut is the most subjective.Another way of determining the weight associated with a particular health state is to use standard descriptive systems0.80text
which categorizes health states according to five dimensionsinstance ofbut is the most subjective.Another way of determining the weight associated with a particular health state is to use standard descriptive systems0.80text
the overall distribution of health statesinstance ofAnother concern is that it does not take into account equity issues0.80text
MANSAinstance ofCase mix indexCost-Effectiveness Analysis RegistryCost-utility analysisIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioQuality of life and measurements0.80text
Life Quality Index References.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2instance ofCase mix indexCost-Effectiveness Analysis RegistryCost-utility analysisIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioQuality of life and measurements0.80text
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Quality-adjusted life yearrelated to CalculationQALY0.60section
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Quality-adjusted life yearrelated to CalculationFor0.60section
Quality-adjusted life yearrelated to CalculationThis0.60section
Quality-adjusted life yearrelated to CalculationQALYs0.60section
Quality-adjusted life yearrelated to CalculationIn0.60section

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