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The value of QALYs

摘要：

T he big strategic issues faced by most health care systems nowadays concern priority setting and the quest for efficiency. Priority setting is essentially a matter of deciding which are the most valuable things that can be done with the available resources. The quest for efficiency has two prongs. At a low level it is essentially a matter of ensuring that no activity costs more than is necessary. At a high level it is a matter of ensuring that no activity is pursued beyond the point where the value of the extra benefits it generates outweighs the ...