How Should Willingness-to-Pay Values of Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Be Updated and According to Whom?
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DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.601
Abstract: Before updating any willingness-to-pay (WTP) per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) threshold, a few points must be recognized. Ethical justification for using WTP thresholds and QALYs lies in incorporating the preferences of those whose treatment could be… read more here.
Keywords: quality; willingness pay; quality adjusted; adjusted life ... See more keywords
Estimating (quality-adjusted) life-year losses associated with deaths: With application to COVID-19.
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.4208
Abstract: Many epidemiological models of the COVID-19 pandemic have focused on preventing deaths. Questions have been raised as to the frailty of those succumbing to the COVID-19 infection. In this paper we employ standard life table… read more here.
Keywords: quality; life year; quality adjusted; adjusted life ... See more keywords
Sample restrictions and the elicitation of a constant willingness to pay per quality adjusted life year.
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.4236
Abstract: It is well established that the underlying theoretical assumptions needed to obtain a constant proportional trade-off between a quality adjusted life year (QALY) and willingness to pay (WTP) are restrictive and often empirically violated. In… read more here.
Keywords: wtp; life year; willingness pay; quality adjusted ... See more keywords
Intake of 12 food groups and disability-adjusted life years from coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and colorectal cancer in 16 European countries
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DOI: 10.1007/s10654-019-00523-4
Abstract: Our aim was to estimate and rank 12 food groups according to disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) from coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, type 2 diabetes (T2D), and colorectal cancer (CRC) in 16 European countries. De… read more here.
Keywords: life years; food groups; disease; disability adjusted ... See more keywords
Opioid agonist treatment reduces losses in quality of life and quality-adjusted life expectancy in heroin users: Evidence from real world data.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.05.003
Abstract: BACKGROUND This study estimated the long-term changes of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) in quality of life (QOL) and quantified the quality-adjusted life years (QALY) from the loss of quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) in heroin users.… read more here.
Keywords: heroin users; oat; quality adjusted; adjusted life ... See more keywords
Diseases-attributable disability-adjusted life years in copper and molybdenum ore workers in Mongolia: 1999-2019.
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DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2022.2044457
Abstract: Most illnesses and deaths in industry workers are associated with occupational diseases (ODs). In recent years, mining has grown rapidly into a major driver of the Mongolian economy. In this study, the organization-based registry data… read more here.
Keywords: disability; life years; adjusted life; disability adjusted ... See more keywords
Time-resolved dynamic disability adjusted life-years estimation.
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DOI: 10.1111/ina.13149
Abstract: The quantification of how healthy the indoor air is, is a complex issue comprising of a large number of contaminants of various sources. The health implication of exposure to each of the contaminant deemed of… read more here.
Keywords: dalys; time; indoor air; disability adjusted ... See more keywords
Estimation of Quality‐adjusted Life Years alongside clinical trials: the impact of ‘time‐effects’ on trial results
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DOI: 10.1111/jphs.12218
Abstract: The objectives were to investigate the impact of ‘time‐effect’ on the estimation of quality‐adjusted life years (QALYs) along prospective clinical trials’ outcomes using an assumed fixed time duration versus the actual time durations for each… read more here.
Keywords: estimation quality; life years; time; quality adjusted ... See more keywords
Global trends and the impact of chronic hepatitis B and C on disability‐adjusted life years
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DOI: 10.1111/liv.15347
Abstract: Advances in hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapies have improved morbidity and mortality, but global disparities in viral hepatitis outcomes remain. We evaluate global trends in the impact of HBV and… read more here.
Keywords: trends impact; global trends; disability adjusted; life years ... See more keywords
Impact of tax and tobacco-free generation on health-adjusted life years in the Solomon Islands: a multistate life table simulation
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DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054861
Abstract: Objective To estimate health-adjusted life years (HALY) gained in the Solomon Islands for the 2016 population over the remainder of their lives, for three interventions: hypothetical eradication of cigarettes; 25% annual tax increases to 2025… read more here.
Keywords: tobacco; tax; adjusted life; health ... See more keywords
Disability-Adjusted Life-Years Due to Stroke in Kenya
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DOI: 10.1159/000498970
Abstract: Background: There is little information on stroke morbidity in Kenya to inform health care planning. The disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) are a time-based measure of health status that incorporates both disability and mortality. Methods: This was… read more here.
Keywords: life years; disability; disability adjusted; adjusted life ... See more keywords