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quality-adjusted life years

quality-adjusted life years is the plural of quality-adjusted life year.

Meaning of quality-adjusted life year

Noun

quality-adjusted life year (plural quality-adjusted life years)

  1. A unit of measurement, equivalent to one year of life in perfect health, that can be used to decide whether a medical procedure is worthwhile for an individual.
    • The quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) is a generic measure of health-related quality of life that takes into account both the quantity and the quality of life generated by interventions.2014, Anthony J. Culyer, The Dictionary of Health Economics, 3rd edition, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 516
    Synonyms:
    QALY, QUALY

Questions about quality-adjusted life years

What is quality-adjusted life years the plural of?
Quality-adjusted life years is the plural of quality-adjusted life year.

Words near quality-adjusted life years in the dictionary

  1. quality start
  2. quality starts
  3. quality time
  4. quality-adjusted
  5. quality-adjusted life year
  6. quality-adjusted life years
  7. qualityless
  8. qualitylessness
  9. qualityness
  10. qualityslop
  11. qualitywise

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