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MeSH Heading: Quality-Adjusted Life Years
Tree Number(s): E05.318.308.985.450.875; E05.318.740.100.750; N01.224.935.464.750; N06.850.505.400.975.450.750; N06.850.520.308.985.450.875
Unique ID: D019057
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019057
Scope Note: A measurement index derived from a modification of standard life-table procedures and designed to take account of the quality as well as the duration of survival. This index can be used in assessing the outcome of health care procedures or services. (BIOETHICS Thesaurus, 1994)
Entry Term(s): Adjusted Life Year; Adjusted Life Years; Healthy Years Equivalent; Healthy Years Equivalents; QALYs; QUALYs; Quality Adjusted Life Year; Quality Adjusted Life Years; Quality-Adjusted Life Year
Previous Indexing: Quality of Life (1991-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/20
Revision Date: 2021/07/01

Concept UI: M0028448
Scope Note: A measurement index derived from a modification of standard life-table procedures and designed to take account of the quality as well as the duration of survival. This index can be used in assessing the outcome of health care procedures or services. (BIOETHICS Thesaurus, 1994)
Terms: Quality-Adjusted Life Years Preferred Term
Term UI T056917
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID BIOETHICS (1990); QALYs
Term UI T001088888
Date09/17/2020
LexicalTag ACR
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); QUALYs
Term UI T001088889
Date09/17/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Quality Adjusted Life Year
Term UI T000997479
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag ACR
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Quality-Adjusted Life Year
Term UI T000997480
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Quality Adjusted Life Years
Term UI T056916
Date05/02/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996)

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