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Comment author: Clarity 28 January 2016 08:40:56AM *  3 points [-]

Are there QALY or DALY reference tables by condition, disease or event?

If not, constructing one would be of unspeakable value to the EA community, not to mention conventional academics and decision makers.

Comment author: gwern 28 January 2016 04:23:17PM 2 points [-]

https://research.tufts-nemc.org/cear4/AboutUs/WhatistheCEARegistry.aspx

Also look into the Global Burden of Disease.

Comment author: Clarity 28 January 2016 06:20:46PM -1 points [-]
  • CEA registry is interesting but it doesn't have a standardised database of QALY or DALY by condition
  • Global burden of disease doesn't format their content in a fashion suitable for direct comparison of health state, unweighted by prevalence. I have a preference for QALY over DALY anyway.
Comment author: gwern 28 January 2016 08:39:05PM 2 points [-]

I'm not sure what you mean. If you search CEA, you get back utilities. If you search "Alzheimer's" in https://research.tufts-nemc.org/cear4/SearchingtheCEARegistry/SearchtheCEARegistry.aspx you get back

  • Article ID | Health State | Weight
  • 2013-01-14161 Alzheimer's disease, severe, profound, or terminal disease 0.34
  • 2013-01-14161 Alzheimer's disease, mild/moderate 0.6
  • 2012-01-10088 Severe Alzheimer's Disease 0.37
  • 2012-01-10088 Moderate Alzheimer's Disease 0.54
  • 2012-01-10088 Mild Alzheimer's Disease 0.68
  • 2012-01-10088 Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (AMCI) 0.73
  • 2012-01-10076 Nursing home care with Alzheimer's disease (severe-end stage) 0.34
  • 2012-01-10076 Home care with Alzheimer's disease 0.6
  • 2012-01-08699 Caregiver of a person with Alzheimer's Disease 0.9
  • 2012-01-08699 Patients with Alzheimer's disease 0.408

A utility weight over a year is the QALY; if you die in a year of Alzheimer's, and the weight of that year is 0.6, then you lost 0.4 QALYs compared to if you had lived that year in perfect health and then died, no?

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