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QALY
QALY (kwah'lē), Acronym for quality-adjusted life years, an adjustment that allows for prevalence of activity limitation.quality adjusted life year A parameter derived from a modification of standard life-table procedures, which is designed to take account of the quality of life as well as the duration of survival with a particular disease—e.g., cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis. QALY can also be used in assessing the outcome of healthcare procedures or services.quality-adjusted life-years, QALYA measure of health that combines the duration of life and its degradation by disease or death. A year in perfect health is considered to have a QALY of 1.0; a year of life in a coma is assigned a lower QALY approaching zero. QALY
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QALY➣Quality-Adjusted Life-Year (score) |
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