Abstract
This paper argues that the Quality Adjusted Life Year or QALY is fatally flawed as a way of priority setting in health care and of dealing with the problem of scarce resources. In addition to showing why this is so the paper sets out a view of the moral constraints that govern the allocation of health resources and suggests reasons for a new attitude to the health budget.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 117-123 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Medical Ethics |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 1987 |