QALY Control: House Bill Would Ban Cost-Effectiveness Tool In US Programs
Executive Summary
No one seems eager to defend the QALY tool as a House Republican bill seeks to prohibit any federal agency from using Quality Adjusted Life Years as a formula to determine pricing.
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