QALYs and mental health care

Daniel Chisholm, Andrew Healey, Martin Knapp (1997)

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 32 2 68-75

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00788923

Abstract

Quality-adjusted life year measures (QALYS) have been fervently debated by researchers and decision makers concerned with resource allocation in the health care sector. They have been heralded as important aids to planning and priority setting, but als