QALY: Quality Adjusted Life Year

Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial QALY quality-adjusted life-year TIA transient ischemic attack

1 From the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (E.B., P.J.N., T.B.v.d.W., Y.v.d.G.) and Depts of Radiology (W.P.T.M.M.), Neurology (L.J.K.), and Vascular Surgery (B.C.E.), Univ Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Rm D01.335, 3584 CX Utrecht, the Netherlands; Program for Assessment of Radiologic Technology, Dept of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Dept of Radiology, Era...

Cost per QALY (Quality-Adjusted Life Year) and Lifetime Cost of Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in Taiwan

INTRODUCTION Patients who require prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) are increasing and producing financial burdens worldwide. This study determines the cost per QALY (quality-adjusted life year), out-of-pocket expenses, and lifetime costs for PMV patients stratified by underlying diseases and cognition levels. METHODS A nationwide sample of 50,481 patients with continual mechanical venti...

Impact of work-related cancers in Taiwan—Estimation with QALY (quality-adjusted life year) and healthcare costs

This study estimates the annual numbers of eight work-related cancers, total losses of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), and lifetime healthcare expenditures that possibly could be saved by improving occupational health in Taiwan. Three databases were interlinked: the Taiwan Cancer Registry, the National Mortality Registry, and the National Health Insurance Research Database. Annual numbers ...

Impact of Donor-transmitted Coronary Atherosclerosis on Quality of Life (QOL) and Quality-adjusted Life Years (QALY) after Heart Transplantation

Grauhan O, Huang Chang H, Albert W, Hiemann N, Meyer R, Lehmkuhl H, Dandel M, Knosalla C, Hübler M, Pasic M, Weng Y-C, Hetzer R (2010) Impact of Donor-transmitted Coronary Atherosclerosis on Quality of Life (QOL) and Quality-adjusted Life Years (QALY) after Heart Transplantation. Tx Med 22: 242-247 Impact of Donor-transmitted Coronary Atherosclerosis on Quality of Life (QOL) and Quality-adjuste...

Measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and quality-adjusted life years (QALY) in the critical care setting