QUALY

See also: qualy

English

Noun

QUALY (plural QUALYs)

  1. Acronym of quality-adjusted life year.
    Coordinate term: DALY
    Alternative form: QALY
    • 1999, Cass R. Sunstein, Free Markets and Social Justice, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 144:
      A QUALY is a measure of health based on people's attitudes toward various conditions. It rejects the concept of monetary evaluation of health; instead, it focuses on how people value various health states.
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