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QALYs versus HYEs - What's Right and What's Wrong

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Ried, Walter (Institut für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik (IVS))
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Some twenty years ago, the quality-adjusted life years (QALY) approach was developed for the purpose of assessing changes in mortality and morbidity in terms of individual preferences. Recently, it has been challenged by the healthy-years equivalent (HYE)

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  5. Bleichrodt, Han, 1995. "QALYs and HYEs: Under what conditions are they equivalent?," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 14(1), pages 17-37, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Olson, Mancur & Bailey, Martin J, 1981. "Positive Time Preference," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 89(1), pages 1-25, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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