Quality-adjusted life year
HEALTH INDICATOR COMBINING QUALITY AND DURATION OF LIFE INTO A CUMULATIVE METRIC
QALY; Quality Adjusted Life Years; Life-years; Quality-adjusted life years; Quality-adjusted life-year; Quality-adjusted life-years; Quality Adjusted Life Year; Quality-Adjusted Life Year; QUALY; Quality adjusted life year; Qualy; QALYs
The quality-adjusted life year (QALY) is a generic measure of disease burden, including both the quality and the quantity of life lived. It is used in economic evaluation to assess the value of medical interventions.