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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