QALYs

Question 1

What is QALY?

Answer 1

The quality adjusted life years

Question 2

What is 1 QALY?

Answer 2

One year of perfect health

Question 3

QALY formula

Answer 3

health state x health QoL score

Question 4

What is QALY used for?

Answer 4

used to assess medical treatments by NICE on whether it’s cost effective when testing new treatments

Question 5

What’s unjustful about using QALYs for medical treatments?

Answer 5

Orkambi a drug effective for treating cystic fibrosis is 218-350 k for 1 QALY so it was disproved

Question 6

Ethical justification for QALYS

Answer 6

Autonomy of the patients gets restricted as some are rejected due to cost-effectiveness

Beneficence/Non maleficence -> drug can get restricted even if it has a positive effect

Justice: - may not view patients fairly by saying the QoL is a better value