Perioperative optimization of cardiac surgical patients is imperative to reduce complications,
utilize health care resources efficiently, and improve patient recovery and quality of life …

ABSTRACT Introduction The United States has begun assessing the value of
pharmaceuticals to inform negotiated prices in the Medicare program. Given strong political …

The quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) is an international standard in cost-effectiveness
analysis. A known concern arises from the relatively lower QALY gains attributed to …

Like other assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures, the cost of egg freezing (EF)
is significant, presenting a potential barrier to access. Given recent technological …

Purpose Quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) is a dominant measurement of health gain in
economic evaluations for pricing drugs. However, end-of-life (EoL) patients' preference for …

Evaluating healthcare digitalisation, where technology implementation and adoption
transforms existing socio-organisational processes, presents various challenges for …

Abstract Background The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is
responsible for ensuring that patients in England and Wales can access clinically and cost …

Background Acceptable health and sufficientarianism are emerging concepts in health
resource allocation. We defined acceptability as the proportion of the general population …

Background This research aimed to review the theoretical and methodological aspects of
the quality-adjusted life year (QALY) which give rise to potential for bias against certain …

Objectives This study aimed to assess whether recently proposed alternatives to the quality-
adjusted life-year (QALY), intended to address concerns about discrimination, are suitable …