QUALY

See also: qualy

English

Noun

QUALY (plural QUALYs)

1. Acronym of quality-adjusted life year.

   Coordinate term: DALY

   Alternative form: QALY

   • 1999, Cass R. Sunstein, Free Markets and Social Justice, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 144:

     A QUALY is a measure of health based on people's attitudes toward various conditions. It rejects the concept of monetary evaluation of health; instead, it focuses on how people value various health states.