ScHARR colleagues Professor Aki Tsuchiya and Dr Ruth Wong have collaborated on a paper that explores the impact and celebrates two seminal papers that shaped early QALY development.
Highlights from the paper
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Two seminal papers from North America define the QALY we know today.
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Systematic searches identified 716 papers citing both these seminal papers.
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Co-citation analysis and visualisations highlight a range of methodological topics.
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Behavioural theories are shown to inform research into how we get the numbers.
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Research is also needed on what the numbers mean and what aspects to incorporate.
Spencer, A., Rivero-Arias, O., Wong, R., Tsuchiya, A., Bleichrodt, H., Edward, R. T., & Clarke, P. (2021). The QALY at 50: One story many voices. Social Science & Medicine, 114653.
There's also an accompanying interview of George Torrance, the father (or one of the fathers) of the QALY:
Short clip: https://youtu.be/jeWdkrvLO6Q
The main recording: https://youtu.be/NBcyOfkSGfs
The main recording: https://youtu.be/NBcyOfkSGfs