Journal article
The Healthy-years Equivalents
Abstract
The healthy-years equivalent (HYE) is a measure of outcome of health care programs that combines two outcomes of interest: quality of life and quantity of life. Unlike QALYs (quality-adjusted life years) HYEs fully represent patients' (or other individuals') preferences, as a result of the way they are calculated from each individual's utility function. The authors suggest an algorithm to measure the HYE of any given lifetime health profile. …
Authors
Mehrez A; Gafni A
Journal
Medical Decision Making, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 140–146
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
June 1991
DOI
10.1177/0272989x9101100212
ISSN
0272-989X