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Monetary Valuation of a Quality-Adjusted Life Year (QALY) for Depressive Disorders Among Patients and Non-Patient Respondents: A Matched Willingness to Pay Study

Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2021
[Background] As estimated by the World Health Organization, depressive disorders will be the leading contributor to the Global Burden of Disease by 2030.
Laura Ulbrich, Christoph Kröger
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Health-Related Quality of Life in Very Long-Term Cancer Survivors 14–24 Years Post-Diagnosis Compared to Population Controls: A Population-Based Study

, 2021
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in very long-term cancer survivors (VLTCS) 10 and more years post-diagnosis.
Koch-Gallenkamp, Lena, Ron Pritzkuleit, Pritzkuleit, Ron, Lina Jansen, Linda Weißer, Jansen, Lina, Zeissig, Sylke Ruth, Daniela Doege, Bernd Holleczek, Thong, Melissa S. Y., Waldmann, Annika, Hermann Brenner, Thong, Melissa, Volker Arndt, Weißer, Linda, Annika Waldmann, Alice Nennecke, Lena Koch-Gallenkamp, Arndt, Volker, Melissa S. Y. Thong, Bertram, Heike, Brenner, Hermann, Eberle, Andrea, Holleczek, Bernd, Doege, Daniela, Sylke Ruth Zeissig, Heike Bertram, Andrea Eberle, Nennecke, Alice   +28 more
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The Impact of Ankle Arthritis Treatment on Quality Adjusted Life Years

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2017
Category: Ankle, Ankle Arthritis Introduction/Purpose: Patients living with end stage ankle arthritis suffer significant disability. They are two standard deviations below population scores for all symptom and function SF-36 sub-scales. In addition, they
Kelly Hynes MD, BSc, Kevin Wing MD, FRCS(C), Alastair Younger MB ChB, ChM, FRCSC, Andrea Veljkovic MD, FRCS(C), Murray Penner MD, FRCS(C), Jason Sutherland MSc, PhD   +5 more
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Fundamental Measurement: The Need Fulfilment Quality of Life (N-QOL) Measure

INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy, 2021
The quality adjusted life year (QALY) has serious problems related to its failure to adhere to measurement theory. If a QALY is to be meaningful, the utility score that translates time spent to an equivalent time spent in so-called perfect health must ...
Paul C. Langley, Stephen P. McKenna
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Lifetime societal costs and quality-adjusted life years.

, 2023
Lifetime societal costs and quality-adjusted life years.
Marianne Hamilton Lopez (15314696), Joanne Kurtzberg (832027), Evan Myers (353856), Beth Shaz (15314699), Ethan D. Borre (6890177), Jesse Troy (15314702), Gillian D. Sanders Schmidler (15314705)   +6 more
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Economic evaluation of a psychological intervention for high distress cancer patients and carers: Costs and quality-adjusted life years

, 2015
Objective: This study compared the cost-effectiveness of a psychologist-led, individualised cognitive behavioural intervention (PI) to a nurse-led, minimal contact self-management condition for highly distressed cancer patients and carers.
Sophy Shih, Chatterton, Mary Lou, Chambers, Suzanne, Rob Carter, Shih, Sophy, Mary Lou Chatterton, Dunn, Jeffrey, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Stefano Occhipinti, Mihalopoulos, Cathrine, Carter, Rob, Suzanne Chambers, Girgis, Afaf, Afaf Girgis, Jeffrey Dunn, Occhipinti, Stefano   +15 more
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Provider and Parent Perspectives on Prioritizing the “Asking and Monitoring” Pediatric Cancer Psychosocial Standards of Care

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Standards for Psychosocial Care for Children with Cancer and Their Families (“Standards”) are evidence‐based guidelines for psychosocial care in pediatric oncology. Care related to the three “Asking and Monitoring” Standards—Assessment of Psychosocial Needs, Assessment of Financial Needs, and Monitoring Neurocognitive Problems ...
Julia B. Tager, Natalie Koskela‐Staples, Emily M. Pariseau, Michele Scialla, Kimberly Buff, Lori Wiener, Victoria Sardi Brown, Anne E. Kazak, Kimberly S. Canter   +8 more
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Justifying Terminal Care by 'Retrospective Quality-Adjusted Life-Years'

, 2010
A lot of medical procedures can be justified in terms of the number of quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) they can be expected to generate; that is, the number of extra years that the procedure will provide, with the quality of life during those extra ...
Cowley, Christopher
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Safety and Effectiveness of a High‐Dose, Tailored Tissue Plasminogen Activator Therapy Protocol: A Joint Pediatric Hematology and Cardiac ICU Quality Improvement Initiative Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric thromboembolism is increasingly encountered in critical care. Systemic thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) facilitates vessel or valve patency, yet pediatric‐specific protocols remain undefined, and safety concerns persist. Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a tailored, prolonged systemic tPA
Eran Shostak, Oded Gilad, Yael Feinstein, Sigal Nakav, Ofer Schiller, Joanne Yacobovich   +5 more
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The Proposal and Application of Quality-adjusted Life Years

Yixue yu zhexue
Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) is a quantitative health measure that integrates both life expectancy and quality, proposed in the 1970s as an effective tool for aiding the rational allocation of healthcare resources while balancing efficiency and ...
Yixuan LI
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