Quantifying life: Understanding the history of Quality-Adjusted Life-Years (QALYs)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue , 2018, Pages 359-366

  MacKillop, Eleanor ^a   Sheard, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health economics; Health policy; History; Multiple streams analysis; QALY; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC FIGURE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HISTORY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRENDS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85049800847     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.07.004     Document Type: Article

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