See Also: quality adjusted life year(medicine)
Quality of life(health)
quality of life(medicine)
Quality of Working Life(money)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Year (Year) - Baseball(gambling)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
well-adjusted(dictionary)
Adjusted basis(finance)
Adjusted present value (APV)(finance)

quality adjusted life year (medicine)


quality adjusted life year


A year of life adjusted for its quality or its value. A year in perfect health is considered equal to 1.0 qaly. The value of a year in ill health would be discounted. For example, a year bedridden might have a value equal to 0.5 qaly.

A measurement index derived from a modification of standard life-table procedures and designed to take account of the quality as well as the duration of survival. This index can be used in assessing the outcome of health care procedures or services.