Quality of Life and Resource Allocation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14910782 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Lockwood (0000-0002-1385-5118, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Pages | 33-55 |
| Publication date | 1988-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Royal Institute of Philosophy Lecture Series (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-042X • E-ISSN: 2051-1981 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0957042x00003862 |
| OpenAlex | W2072599590 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 5 |
A new word has recently entered the British medical vocabulary. What it stands for is neither a disease nor a cure. At least, it is not a cure for a disease in the medical sense. But it could, perhaps, be thought of as an intended cure for a medicosociological disease: namely that of haphazard or otherwise ethically inappropriate allocation of scarce medical resources. What I have in mind is the term ‘QALY’, which is an acronym standing for quality adjusted life year . Just what this means and what it is intended to do I shall explain in due course. Let me first, however, set the scene
Acronym · Actuarial science · Business · Disease · Economics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Management · Resource allocation · Vocabulary · Computer Science · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Medicine · Nursing · Philosophy · Psychology
Quantifying quality of life for economic analysis
L'équité en matière de santé
A note on the relative importance that people attach to different factors when setting priorities in health care
Resource allocation, social values and the Qaly
Measuring needs for priority setting in healthcare planning and policy
The economics of inequality in health
Decision making under extinction risk
Equity and equality in health and health care
Disability-adjusted life years
Age-related preferences and age weighting health benefits
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2025 (36) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |