quality-adjusted life year

English

Noun

quality-adjusted life year (plural quality-adjusted life years)

1. (medicine, economics) 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.
   • 2014, Anthony J. Culyer, The Dictionary of Health Economics, 3rd edition, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 516:

     The quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) is a generic measure of health-related quality of life that takes into account both the quantity and the quality of life generated by interventions.

Synonyms

• QALY, QUALY

Translations

medicine: unit of measurement

• Catalan: any de vida ajustat per qualitat
• Finnish: laatupainotettu elinvuosi
• Swedish: kvalitetsjusterat levnadsår (sv) n

See also

• DALY, disability-adjusted life year
• healthspan
• quality of life