QALYs Flashcards
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What is the HQRL score?
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- Health-Related Quality-of-Life score
The HRQL score incorporates things such as a person’s mobility, pain, anxiety etc.
2
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What is a cost-effective drug according to NICE?
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Although not always the case, NICE usually considers treatments which cost less than £20,000 per QALY gained as cost-effective. However, some treatments under £30,000 per QALY gained can be considered cost-effective depending on how they affect the quality of life of patients.
3
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How are QALYs used to allocate funding?
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- A drug/treatment that yields more QALYs for the same price is more utilitarian.
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