QALYs, DALYs, and HALYs: A unifying framework for the evaluation of population health
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QALYs, DALYs, and HALYs : A unifying framework for the evaluation of population health. / Moreno-Ternero, Juan D.; Platz, Trine Tornøe; Østerdal, Lars Peter.
In: Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 87, 102714, 2023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - QALYs, DALYs, and HALYs
T2 - A unifying framework for the evaluation of population health
AU - Moreno-Ternero, Juan D.
AU - Platz, Trine Tornøe
AU - Østerdal, Lars Peter
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s)
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - We provide a unifying framework for the evaluation of population health. We formalize several axioms for social preferences over distributions of health. We show that a specific combination of those axioms characterizes a large class of population health evaluation functions combining concerns for quality of life, quantity of life and health shortfalls. We refer to the class as (unweighted) aggregations of health-adjusted life years (HALYs). Two focal (and somewhat polar) members of this family are the (unweighted) aggregations of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), and of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). We also provide new characterization results for these focal members that enable us to scrutinize their normative foundations and shed new light on their similarities and differences.
AB - We provide a unifying framework for the evaluation of population health. We formalize several axioms for social preferences over distributions of health. We show that a specific combination of those axioms characterizes a large class of population health evaluation functions combining concerns for quality of life, quantity of life and health shortfalls. We refer to the class as (unweighted) aggregations of health-adjusted life years (HALYs). Two focal (and somewhat polar) members of this family are the (unweighted) aggregations of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), and of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). We also provide new characterization results for these focal members that enable us to scrutinize their normative foundations and shed new light on their similarities and differences.
KW - Axioms
KW - DALYs
KW - HYEs
KW - Population health
KW - QALYs
U2 - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102714
DO - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102714
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36516569
AN - SCOPUS:85143991011
VL - 87
JO - Journal of Health Economics
JF - Journal of Health Economics
SN - 0167-6296
M1 - 102714
ER -
ID: 332108441