Weighting and valuing quality adjusted life years: preliminary results from the social value of a QALY project

Rachel M. Baker; Ian Bateman; Cam Donaldson; Michael Jones-Lee; Emily Lancsar; Graham Loomes; Helen Mason; Maria Odejar

doi:10.3310/hta14270

Weighting and valuing quality adjusted life years: preliminary results from the social value of a QALY project

Rachel M. Baker, Ian Bateman, Cam Donaldson, Michael Jones-Lee, Emily Lancsar, Graham Loomes, Helen Mason, Maria Odejar

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Abstract

Since the inception of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) there have been questions about whether quality adjusted life years (QALYs) gained by different beneficiaries of health care should be weighted equally and the feasibility of estimating a monetary value of a QALY. The studies reported in this document, had three aims:
• to identify characteristics of beneficiaries of health care over which relative weights should be derived;
• to estimate relative weights to be attached to health gains according to characteristics of recipients of these gains; and
• to assess the feasibility of estimating a willingness-to-pay-based value of a QALY.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-162
Number of pages	162
Journal	Health Technology Assessment
Volume	14
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3310/hta14270
Publication status	Published - Jan 2010

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QALY
health care
health economics
quality adjusted life years

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