Making use of equity sensitive QALYs: A case study on identifying the worse off across diseases

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lindemark, Frode ^a   Norheim, Ole F ^a   Johansson, Kjell A ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Equity; Healthcare rationing; Priority setting in health; Quality adjusted life years; Severity

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ADULT DEAFNESS; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE STUDY; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DEAFNESS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; DISABILITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EXERCISE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; MORBID OBESITY; NORWAY; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH BYPASS; STROKE UNIT; UNRUPTURED CEREBRAL ANEURYSM; CHILDHOOD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; DISEASES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LIFESPAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84904521854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7547-12-16     Document Type: Article

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