A QALY is [still] a QALY is [still] a QALY?

Abstract Despite clinical evidence of drug superiority, therapeutic modalities, like combination immunotherapy, are mostly considered cost-ineffective due to their high costs per life year(s) gained. This paper, taking an ethical stand, reevaluates the standard cost-effectiveness analysis with that...

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Main Authors: Hamideh Mahdiani, Nikolai Münch, Norbert W. Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-03-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-024-01036-w