"quality-adjusted life year" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: quality-adjusted life years [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} quality-adjusted life year (plural quality-adjusted life years)
  1. (medicine, economics) A unit of measurement, equivalent to one year of life in perfect health, that can be used to decide whether a medical procedure is worthwhile for an individual. Wikipedia link: quality-adjusted life year Categories (topical): Economics, Medicine Synonyms: QALY, QUALY Related terms: DALY Translations (medicine: unit of measurement): any de vida ajustat per qualitat (Catalan), laatupainotettu elinvuosi (Finnish), kvalitetsjusterat levnadsår [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-quality-adjusted_life_year-en-noun-lhdTFlNN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: economics, medicine, science, sciences

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