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> It really looks like you're comparing the lives of human beings to young people having fun. What's the exchange rate? It's the Quality-Adjusted Life Year: ht
by jdminhbg 6y ago
> It really looks like you're comparing the lives of human beings to young people having fun. What's the exchange rate?
It's the Quality-Adjusted Life Year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-adjusted_life_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-adjusted_life_year
- philsnow 6y agoyikes, that's chilling. > The method of ranking interventions on grounds of their cost per QALY gained ratio (or ICER) is controversial because it implies a quasi-utilitarian calculus to determine who will or will not receive treatment.
- jdminhbg 6y agoHardly chilling. Simply pretending tradeoffs don't exist doesn't make them go away.