RT Journal Article
T1 QALYs, DALYs, and HALYs: A unifying framework for the evaluation of population health
A1 Moreno-Ternero, Juan D.
A1 Osterdal, Lars P.
A1 Platz, Trine Tornoe
K1 Population health
K1 QALYs
K1 DALYs
K1 HYEs
K1 Axioms
AB We provide a unifying framework for the evaluation of population health. We formalize several axioms for social preferences over distributions of health. We show that a specific combination of those axioms characterizes a large class of population health evaluation functions combining concerns for quality of life, quantity of life and health shortfalls. We refer to the class as (unweighted) aggregations of health-adjusted life years (HALYs). Two focal (and somewhat polar) members of this family are the (unweighted) aggregations of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), and of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). We also provide new characterization results for these focal members that enable us to scrutinize their normative foundations and shed new light on their similarities and differences.
PB Elsevier
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/15594
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/15594
LA en
NO Journal of Health Economics 87 (2023) 102714
NO Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Departamento de Economía, Métodos Cuantitativos e Historia Económica
DS RIO
RD May 7, 2026