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  • initialism quality-adjusted life year

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  • The term QALY casts an illusion of apparent objectivity to NICE's conclusions.

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • The term QALY casts an illusion of apparent objectivity to NICE's conclusions.

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • One of the big issues I have with the idea of QALY Quality-Adjusted Life Years is that this effects a sort of blasgenics because when folks get over a certain age, the metrics become both meaningless and and biased against folks who live well beyond median age.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » “Paranoid Conservatives”: 2009

  • One of the big issues I have with the idea of QALY Quality-Adjusted Life Years is that this effects a sort of blasgenics because when folks get over a certain age, the metrics become both meaningless and and biased against folks who live well beyond median age.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » “Paranoid Conservatives”: 2009

  • A QALY is a combined measure of quantity and quality of life, with one QALY equal to one year of perfect health or two years of half-perfect health.

    Reuters: Top News 2009

  • A QALY is a combined measure of quantity and quality of life, with one QALY equal to one year of perfect health or two years of half-perfect health.

    Reuters: Top News 2009

  • A QALY is a combined measure of quantity and quality of life, with one QALY equal to one year of perfect health or two years of half-perfect health.

    Reuters: Top News 2009

  • A QALY is a combined measure of quantity and quality of life, with one QALY equal to one year of perfect health or two years of half-perfect health.

    Reuters: Top News 2009

  • A QALY is a combined measure of quantity and quality of life, with one QALY equal to one year of perfect health or two years of half-perfect health.

    Reuters: Top News 2009

  • A QALY is a combined measure of quantity and quality of life, with one QALY equal to one year of perfect health or two years of half-perfect health.

    Reuters: Top News 2009

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