QALYfying the value of life
Journal of medical ethics, vol. 13, no. 3, 1987, pp. 117–123
Abstract
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.
