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Is the Use of DALYs and QALYs Ethically Permissible in Triage Decisions? COVID-19 and Equity Considerations from a Queer-Crip Perspective

open access: yesEthic@: an International Journal for Moral Philosophy, 2023
This paper explores the symbolic and material implications of the use of DALYs and QALYs as priority or tie-breaker criteria in triage decisions. It aims to answer the question of their ethical permissibility based on the particular case of the COVID-19
Lautaro Leani, Ignacio Mastroleo
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Projections of costs and quality adjusted life years lost due to dementia from 2020 to 2050: A population‐based microsimulation study

open access: yesAlzheimer's & Dementia, 2023
Efficient healthcare planning requires reliable projections of the future increase in costs and quality‐adjusted life years (QALYs) lost due to dementia.
C. Brück, F. Wolters, M. Ikram, Inge De
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of newer direct-acting antiviral drugs based on quality-adjusted life years: A prospective pharmacoeconomic study in hepatitis C patients

open access: yesPerspectives in Clinical Research, 2021
Context: The Indian government is dispensing newer direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs, which may have impact on hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients’ quality of life (QoL).
Bhavya H Vyas   +4 more
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Population norms for quality adjusted life years for the United States of America, China, the United Kingdom and Australia.

open access: yesHealth Economics, 2021
Health economics uses quality adjusted life years (QALYs) to help healthcare decision makers. However, unlike life expectancy for which age- and sex-dependent national life tables are available, no general population norms exist to use as a benchmark ...
A. Palmer   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Disability-Adjusted Life Years Averted Versus Quality-Adjusted Life Years Gained: A Model Analysis for Breast Cancer Screening.

open access: yesValue in Health, 2021
OBJECTIVES To quantify the impact of mammography-based screening on the quality of life, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) averted or quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) gained can be used.
M. Davidović   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How Should Willingness-to-Pay Values of Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Be Updated and According to Whom?

open access: yesAMA journal of ethics, 2021
Before updating any willingness-to-pay (WTP) per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) threshold, a few points must be recognized. Ethical justification for using WTP thresholds and QALYs lies in incorporating the preferences of those whose treatment could ...
P. Menzel
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health economics and health preference concepts to orthopedics practitioners [PDF]

open access: yesActa Ortopédica Brasileira, 2014
The aim of this study was to describe concepts of health economics in order to update and provide the orthopedic practitioner decision making parameters based on preferences.
Carlos Delano Mundim Araújo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost Analysis of a Digital Multimodal Cancer Prehabilitation

open access: yesCurrent Oncology, 2022
Introduction: There is growing evidence that prehabilitation programmes effectively improve the physical and psychological conditions of cancer patients awaiting treatment. During the pandemic, people with cancer were classed as vulnerable.
Evdoxia Gkaintatzi   +5 more
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