ArticleBMJ open quality2025
Impact of illness and death: comparison of Load and QALY models.
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Abstract
backgroundWhen allocating resources health decision-makers make trade-offs between different outcomes, such as morbidity and mortality. The Load and QALY (quality-adjusted life year) models are two approaches that have been developed to help value health and care outcomes.
methodsI briefly describe preference judgements, the Load and QALY models.
resultsThe same preference judgement, based on the standard gamble, is applied to a single hypothetical individual's lifetime, who dies at age 75 after 3 years of illness. In this example, the morbidity/mortality ratio using the Load model is 50 times higher than using the QALY model.
conclusionsThese findings, placing greater value on illness, call for further exploration, and in particular, whether the Load model can reshape healthcare policies and resource allocation.
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