Quality-Adjusted Life Expectancy (QALE): A Comprehensive Definition

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Quality-Adjusted Life Expectancy (QALE) is a metric used in public health and clinical decision-making to estimate the impact of health conditions on an individual’s life expectancy, taking into account both the length and quality of life[1]. QALE combines health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with life expectancy (LE) to obtain a single summary score[2]. This measure … Read more