QALY

QALY
QALY /kwolˈi or kāˈli/
abbrev
Quality-adjusted life year, a cost-benefit unit used to assess different surgical operations and medical treatments in terms of the length and quality of life they produce, measured against their cost

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  • QALY — est l acronyme anglais de « Quality Adjusted Life Year » ou « année de vie ajustée par sa qualité ». Cet indicateur économique visant à estimer la valeur de la vie a été proposé en 1977 par Weinstein et Stason. Il est issue de …   Wikipédia en Français

  • QALY — technical quality adjusted life year a way of measuring how much improvement in their health someone is likely to get as a result of having a particular type of medical treatment in the National Health Service in Britain …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • QALY — Ein Qualitätskorrigiertes Lebensjahr (englisch Quality adjusted life year oder QALY) ist eine Kennzahl für die Bewertung eines Lebensjahres in Relation zur Gesundheit. Ein QALY von 1 bedeutet ein Jahr in voller Gesundheit, während ein QALY von 0… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • QALY — Quality adjusted life year, a year of life adjusted for its quality or its value. A year in perfect health is considered equal to 1.0 QALY. The value of a year in ill health would be discounted. For example, a year bedridden might have a value… …   Medical dictionary

  • QALY — Quality Adjusted Life Year (Miscellaneous » Unit Measures) Quality Adjusted Life Year (Governmental » US Government) Quality Adjusted Life Year (Medical » Oncology) …   Abbreviations dictionary

  • QALY — abbr. med. Quality adjusted life year – (сохраненный) год жизни с учетом ее качества …   Dictionary of English abbreviation

  • QALY — Quality Adjusted Life Years (Anglais. En franc., approximativement = Années de vie pondérées par la qualité). Estimation, subjective, de la survie en durée et en qualité …   Sigles et Acronymes francais

  • QALY — abbr. and/or acronym. Quality adjusted life years …   American Life League. Abbreviations and acronyms

  • QALY — • quality adjusted life year …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

  • Quality adjusted life year (QALY) — A year of life adjusted for its quality or its value. A year in perfect health is considered equal to 1.0 QALY. The value of a year in ill health would be discounted. For example, a year bedridden might have a value equal to 0.5 QALY …   Medical dictionary

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