Equal Value of Life Years Gained
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equal-value-of-life-years-gained-198-9435933
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Equal Value of Life Years Gained
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The Equal Value of Life Years Gained or evLYG is a generic measure used to determine how much a medical treatment can extend the life of the patient. Unlike other healthcare metrics, the evLYG does not consider the quality of life for the patient; it exclusively considers the length of life. It is used in economic evaluation to determine the added time a treatment may give a patient. Critics argue the evLYG measurement is flawed because it values a medication based solely on the added years of l
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Measure of how much a treatment extends a patient's life
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Value_of_Life_Years_Gained
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2023-12-11T03:43:38Z
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