Quality-adjusted life year

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005332",
  "term": "Quality-adjusted life year",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A unit of health care outcomes that adjusts gains (or losses) in years of life subsequent to a health care intervention by the quality of life during those years. QALYs can provide a common unit for comparing cost-utility across different interventions and health problems.",
  "abbreviation": "QALY",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "health-adjusted life year",
    "quality of life"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology, NIH",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "año de vida ajustado por calidad"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/quality-adjusted-life-year/"
}