QALYfying the value of life.

作者：John Harris · 发表于：Journal of Medical Ethics · 年份：1987 · DOI：10.1136/jme.13.3.117 · 被引用次数：447 · 研究领域：Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life、Global Health Care Issues

This paper argues that the Quality Adjusted Life Year or QALY is fatally flawed as a way of priority setting in health care and of dealing with the problem of scarce resources. In addition to showing why this is so the paper sets out a view of the moral constraints that govern the allocation of health resources and suggests reasons for a new attitude to the health budget.