Quality adjusted life years (QALYs) have been used in the UK for a long time, to evaluate whether and when treatments are offered through the NHS. It has its fl

Quality adjusted life years (QALYs) have been used in the UK for a long time, to evaluate whether and when treatments are offered through the NHS. It has its flaws, but its a good start. Generally a therapy needs to cost less than £30k per QALY. There are of course finessing processes to these decisions.