Quality-Adjusted Life Years
"Quality-Adjusted Life Years" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A measurement index derived from a modification of standard life-table procedures and designed to take account of the quality as well as the duration of survival. This index can be used in assessing the outcome of health care procedures or services. (BIOETHICS Thesaurus, 1994)
| Descriptor ID |
D019057
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.740.100.500.700 N01.224.935.530.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Quality-Adjusted Life Years- Quality-Adjusted Life Years
- Life Year, Quality-Adjusted
- Life Years, Quality-Adjusted
- Quality-Adjusted Life Year
- Year, Quality-Adjusted Life
- Years, Quality-Adjusted Life
- Quality Adjusted Life Years
- QALY
Adjusted Life Years- Adjusted Life Years
- Adjusted Life Year
- Life Year, Adjusted
- Life Years, Adjusted
- Year, Adjusted Life
- Years, Adjusted Life
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| 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2019 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2020 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2021 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality-Adjusted Life Years" by people in Profiles.
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Characteristics of a cost-effective blood test for colorectal cancer screening. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 Oct 01; 116(10):1612-1620.
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The Impact of Unrelated Future Medical Costs on Economic Evaluation Outcomes for Different Models of Diabetes. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2024 Nov; 22(6):861-869.
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Cataloging health state utility estimates for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and related conditions. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2024 Sep 02; 22(1):72.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Based US Commercial Payor Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty Versus Lifestyle Modification Alone for Adults With Class I/II Obesity. Obes Surg. 2024 Sep; 34(9):3275-3284.
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Health and Economic Impacts of Implementing Produce Prescription Programs for Diabetes in the United States: A Microsimulation Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 08; 12(15):e029215.
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Disability-Adjusted Life Years Due to Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the United States: A CARES Surveillance Group Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2023 05; 16(5):e009786.
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Cost-effectiveness Thresholds Used by Study Authors, 1990-2021. JAMA. 2023 04 18; 329(15):1312-1314.
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What is the cost-effectiveness of menu calorie labelling on reducing obesity-associated cancer burdens? An economic evaluation of a federal policy intervention among 235 million adults in the USA. BMJ Open. 2023 04 18; 13(4):e063614.
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First-Line Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes With Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists : A Cost-Effectiveness Study. Ann Intern Med. 2022 10; 175(10):1392-1400.
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A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations of COVID-19 Interventions: Considerations of Non-Health Impacts and Distributional Issues. Value Health. 2022 08; 25(8):1298-1306.