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Well from my understanding they'd only be equal if the middle aged person were in perfect health. The real issue with QUALYs is that it discounts the lives of
by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 4y ago
Well from my understanding they'd only be equal if the middle aged person were in perfect health.
The real issue with QUALYs is that it discounts the lives of disabled folks because they might never be 100% "healthy".
- peteradio 4y ago> Well from my understanding they'd only be equal if the middle aged person were in perfect health. Okay, so lets change the dilemma from 1:1 to 1 child life-year traded for 2 adult-life-years. Did it get any better? Sounds like we agree: QALY is not where we should hang our medical ethics.