QALY

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A form of quality-adjusted life year — A unit of measurement, equivalent to one year of life in perfect health, that can be used to decide whether a medical procedure is worthwhile for an individual.

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Meanings

nounQALY (plural QALYs)

plural QALYs

  1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of quality-adjusted life year.

    Forbes got more granular, contrasting the value of a statistical life (VSL) with the value of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) to arrive at a more precise figure.

    2021, Meghan O'Gieblyn, chapter 13, in God, Human, Animal, Machine […] , →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
quality-adjusted life year

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

QALY. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/QALY

MLA

“QALY.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/QALY. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “QALY,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/QALY.

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