qualy

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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

qualy1

nounqualy (plural qualies)

plural qualies

  1. alternativehobbiesAlternative form of quali.

QUALY2

nounQUALY (plural QUALYs)

plural QUALYs

  1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of quality-adjusted life year.

    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.

    1999, Cass R. Sunstein, Free Markets and Social Justice, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 144

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Also see
quality-adjusted life year
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