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Updating Cost-Effectiveness — The Curious Resilience of the $50,000-per-QALY Threshold

Updating Cost-Effectiveness — The Curious Resilience of the $50,000-per-QALY Threshold The ratio of $50,000 per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gained by using a given health care intervention has long served as a benchmark for the value of U.S. health care. But evidence suggests that it is too low and might best be thought of as an implied lower boundary. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The New England Journal of Medicine The New England Journal of Medicine

Updating Cost-Effectiveness — The Curious Resilience of the $50,000-per-QALY Threshold

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The New England Journal of Medicine
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Copyright © 2014 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.
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0028-4793
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1533-4406
DOI
10.1056/NEJMp1405158
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25162885
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Abstract

The ratio of $50,000 per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gained by using a given health care intervention has long served as a benchmark for the value of U.S. health care. But evidence suggests that it is too low and might best be thought of as an implied lower boundary.

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Published: Aug 28, 2014

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