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 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality-Adjusted Life Years" by people in Profiles.
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Cost-effectiveness of Antenatal Rescreening Among Pregnant Women for Hepatitis C in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 11 02; 73(9):e3355-e3357.
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A Practical Guide to Understanding Cost-Effectiveness Analyses. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 12; 9(12):4200-4207.
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Thyroidectomy for euthyroid patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis and persisting symptoms: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Surgery. 2021 Jan; 169(1):7-13.
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Cost-effectiveness of Universal Hepatitis C Virus Screening of Pregnant Women in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 11 13; 69(11):1888-1895.
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Effects of Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome on Quality of Life and Economic Outcomes. Am J Sports Med. 2018 04; 46(5):1205-1213.
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Association Between Sedentary Time and Quality of Life From the Osteoarthritis Initiative: Who Might Benefit Most From Treatment? Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 12; 98(12):2485-2490.
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Q-TWiST: What really matters to the cancer patient? Cancer. 2017 06 15; 123(12):2200-2202.
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Cost-Effectiveness of Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Versus Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair for Symptomatic Large and Massive Rotator Cuff Tears. Arthroscopy. 2016 09; 32(9):1771-80.
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Chemoradiation Therapy Versus Transoral Robotic Surgery for Human Papillomavirus-Associated, Clinical N2 Oropharyngeal Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Mar 01; 94(3):512-22.
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Cost-effectiveness of revascularization strategies: the ASCERT study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Jan 06; 65(1):1-11.