QALY

Also found in: Acronyms.

QALY

(kwah'lē),

Acronym for quality-adjusted life years, an adjustment that allows for prevalence of activity limitation.

quality adjusted life year

A parameter derived from a modification of standard life-table procedures, which is designed to take account of the quality of life as well as the duration of survival with a particular disease—e.g., cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis. QALY can also be used in assessing the outcome of healthcare procedures or services.

quality-adjusted life-years

QALY

A measure of health that combines the duration of life and its degradation by disease or death. A year in perfect health is considered to have a QALY of 1.0; a year of life in a coma is assigned a lower QALY approaching zero.

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

For both models we selected to report the analysis of the QALY vs.

Measuring the Benefits of Healthcare: DALYs and QALYs--Does the Choice of Measure Matter? A Case Study of Two Preventive Interventions

1 QALYs were gained per 1,000 people aged 65 years.

Positive colorectal screen? Waive Medicare coinsurance

The ICUR was then compared to a willingness-to-pay threshold of $50,000 per QALY to determine whether the more effective strategy can be afforded.

Cost-utility study of warfarin genotyping in the VACHS affiliated anticoagulation clinic of Puerto Rico

36) Using a model similar to that in the current analysis, the ICER over a five-year horizon for mirabegron was [pounds sterling]4386 per QALY gained, well below the U.

Cost-effectiveness of mirabegron compared to tolterodine ER 4 mg for overactive bladder in Canada

Um aspecto importante em relacao a aplicacao do QALY e a nocao basica que o perpassa de que para qualquer individuo a perspectiva de viver anos Y com menos do que a saude plena podem ser equiparada a prospeccao de viver X anos em plena saude, quando x < Y (22).

Applicability of burden of disease methodology in human communication disorders/Aplicabilidade dos estudos de carga de doenca nos disturbios fonoaudiologicos

91 at the societal WTP of $50,000/ QALY and $ 100,000/QALY, respectively.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of a capitated patient navigation program for Medicare beneficiaries with lung cancer

A univariate sensitivity analysis is conducted for changes from the base case relating to discount rate, QALY disutilities for MMR of -0.

Reducing periconceptional methylmercury exposure: cost-utility analysis for a proposed screening program for women planning a pregnancy in Ontario, Canada

The change in the QALY for the MBSR(BC) (solid) and UC (thatched) groups is shown in Figure 4.

A cost-effective mindfulness stress reduction program: a randomized control trial for breast cancer survivors

We recorded the resulting prevalence (for men and women), costs, and QALYs before and after the vaccination program.

Cost-effectiveness of chlamydia vaccination programs for young women

It was surprising that the hysterectomy QALY was higher, considering that hysterectomy is a highly invasive surgery.

Women's health: choosing a treatment for menorrhagia?

The cost-effectiveness ratio for supplemental ultrasonography was $325,000 per QALY gained (range, $112,000-$766,000).

Is supplemental ultrasonography a valuable addition to breast cancer screening for women with dense breasts?

An alternative and perhaps more readily grasped way of expressing the QALY results is that patients undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy enjoyed an additional 0.

Morcellation, abdominal hysterectomy comparable: for large fibroids, quality of life and 5-year survival are better with morcellation