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Estimating the monetary value of a Quality-Adjusted Life-Year in Quebec
BackgroundThe value of a Quality-Adjusted Life-Year (QALY) is of great importance for the healthcare system. It helps when it comes to defining a...
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Decomposition of Quality-Adjusted Life Expectancy Inequalities by Mortality and Health-Related Quality of Life Dimensions
BackgroundQuality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) combines mortality risk and multidimensional health-related quality of life (HRQoL) information to...
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Willingness to Pay for One Additional Quality Adjusted Life Year: A Population Based Survey from China
ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to estimate the population’s willingness to pay (WTP) for an additional quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) in China.
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Changes in quality-adjusted life expectancy in Belgium, 2013 and 2018
IntroductionNo information is available in Belgium on life expectancy adjusted for health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Quality-adjusted life...
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Prediction of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) after bariatric surgery using regularized linear regression models: results from a Swedish nationwide quality register
PurposeTo investigate whether the quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) of the patients who underwent bariatric surgery could be predicted using their...
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Inequality in quality-adjusted life expectancy by educational attainment in Norway: an observational study
BackgroundHealth inequalities are often assessed in terms of life expectancy or health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Few studies combine both...
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Conceptualising ‘Benefits Beyond Health’ in the Context of the Quality-Adjusted Life-Year: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis
There is growing interest in extending the evaluative space of the quality-adjusted life-year framework beyond health. Using a critical interpretive...
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Usefulness of integrated vs separated benefit/risk information on food safety with quality-adjusted life year indicators for consumers: a randomised control study
PurposeThis study evaluated the usefulness of benefit/risk information on health effects of fatty fish intake.
MethodWe utilised integrated or...
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Estimation of the cost-effective threshold of a quality-adjusted life year in China based on the value of statistical life
Cost-effective threshold (CET) is essential for health technology assessment and decision-making based on health economic evaluations. Recently, it...
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Modifying the quality-adjusted life year calculation to account for meaningful change in health-related quality of life: insights from a pragmatic clinical trial
BackgroundWe propose a modified quality-adjusted life year (QALY) calculation that aims to be consistent with guidance for interpreting change in...
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Willingness to pay for a quality-adjusted life year: a systematic review with meta-regression
The use of a threshold for cost-utility studies is of major importance to health authorities for making the best allocation decisions for limited...
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Health-related quality of life and quality-adjusted progression free survival for carfilzomib and dexamethasone maintenance following salvage autologous stem-cell transplantation in patients with multiple myeloma: a randomized phase 2 trial by the Nordic Myeloma Study Group
BackgroundDecisions regarding maintenance therapy in patients with multiple myeloma should be based on both treatment efficacy and health-related...
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The impact of quality-adjusted life years on evaluating COVID-19 mitigation strategies: lessons from age-specific vaccination roll-out and variants of concern in Belgium (2020-2022)
BackgroundWhen formulating and evaluating COVID-19 vaccination strategies, an emphasis has been placed on preventing severe disease that overburdens...
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Information integration through benefit-risk messages on food with quality-adjusted life years from the public agency in Japan: a randomized control study
PurposeTo clarify the impact of information integration by public agencies after the health impact assessment of foods with quality-adjusted life...
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Comparing the monetary value of a quality-adjusted life year from the payment card and the open-ended format
BackgroundThe payment card (PC) format and the open-ended (OE) format are common methods in eliciting willingness-to-pay (WTP) of one additional...
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Using Patient Preferences in Health Technology Assessment: Evaluating Quality-Adjusted Survival Equivalents (QASE) for the Quantification of Non-health Benefits
Interest in using patient preference (PP) data alongside traditional economic models in health technology assessment (HTA) is growing, including...
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An Alternative Measure of Health for Value Assessment: The Equal Value Life-Year
The quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) is an international standard in cost-effectiveness analysis. A known concern arises from the relatively lower...
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The association between energy-adjusted dietary inflammatory index and physical activity with sleep quality: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundThe study aimed to assess the independent and interactive association of energy-adjusted dietary inflammatory index (E-DII) and physical...
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Quality-adjusted life years among people who inject drugs in a needle syringe program in Sweden
PurposeNeedle syringe programs (NSP) significantly reduce risk behavior and HIV and hepatitis transmission in people who inject drugs (PWID)....
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Fifteen-year changes in health-related quality of life after bariatric surgery and non-surgical obesity treatment
BackgroundEvidence on the long-term (≥10 years) development of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) following bariatric surgery is still limited...
