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Comparison of two methods of calculating quality-adjusted life years
T G Ganiats1, D K Browner, R M Kaplan
1Division of Family Medicine-0807, UC San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093-0807, USA.
Abstract:
This paper compares two methods for calculating QALYs using quality of life data from a clinical trial. The methods produced similar results in the population as a whole, but they gave different results in a large subset. Different methods for calculating QALYs may give different results, and care should be taken to select the correct method.