What does QALY stand for?

Quality-Adjusted Life-Year (score)

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The AQoL has been specifically designed for use in economic evaluation studies as a utility instrument to provide a measure of benefit (in quality-adjusted life-years, QALYs).

The Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL)

[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Outcomes Since our analysis was formulated to compare different drug strategies, we used the incremental cost per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gained as the primary outcome.

Cost-effectiveness strategies to treat osteoporosis in elderly women

There are two variants of the VSL that make such adjustments: the quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) and the value of a statistical life-year (VSLY).

What is a life worth? Despite its prima facie callousness, ...

4 million total life-years saved), and $1,915 for every quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) saved.

Stop-smoking programs: More bang for the buck

Outcomes also were expressed as quality-adjusted life-years (QALY), assuming that the quality of a life-year during which a person contracted HAV was worth only 91.

New study: Downsizing is a health risk

The concept of cost per quality-adjusted life-year as a guideline for resource allocation is founded on six ethical assumptions: * Quality of life can be accurately measured and used.

Medical resource allocation: rationing and ethical considerations - ...

Study results show that ExAblate patients enjoy a greater number of quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) than those who undergo a myomectomy or a hysterectomy (17.

Noninvasive ExAblate[R] Treatment for Uterine Fibroids is ...

1 quality-adjusted days of life per woman and have a cost-effectiveness ratio of $14,583 per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gained compared to the current environment (Table 2).

Evaluating human papillomavirus vaccination programs