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Petrou, Stavros and Renton, A. (1993) The QALY : A guide for the public health physician. Public Health, 107 (5). pp. 327-336. doi:10.1016/S0033-3506(05)80124-6 ISSN 0033-3506.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0033-3506(05)80124-6
Abstract
This paper considers the background to the rational allocation of health resources at DHA level within the context of the new purchaser/provider regime. A popular approach to this problem has been that of cost utility analysis, using quality adjusted life years (QALYs) as the measure of the benefit derived from a health intervention. This paper seeks to offer the practising public health physician an appraisal of the practical value and pitfalls of a QALY-based approach. To this end, the theoretical background to QALYs and their practical use are described and some of the practical and ethical problems and pitfalls are discussed. It it concluded that the QALY concept provides a useful tool in aiding decision making in the allocation of health care resources, but that it is too early for a universal application of the approach. © 1993 The Society of Public Health.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Public Health | ||||||
| Publisher: | W B Saunders Co Ltd | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0033-3506 | ||||||
| Official Date: | September 1993 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 107 | ||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 327-336 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0033-3506(05)80124-6 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Copyright Holders: | The Society of Public Health |
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