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  • 3 - Capabilities, QALYs, and COVID

  • Edited by Shawna Grosskopf, Oregon State University, Vivian Valdmanis, Western Michigan University, Valentin Zelenyuk, University of Queensland
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Handbook of Healthcare
    Published online:
    21 November 2024
    Print publication:
    28 November 2024, pp 88-109

  • Summary

    In this chapter, the authors study the applicability of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) within the best-known extra-welfarist framework, Sen’s capability approach. They propose a procedure to value capability sets and provide a foundation for QALYs within Sen’s capability approach. They show that, under appropriate conditions, the ranking of capabilities can be represented locally by a QALY measure and that a willingness to pay for QALYs can be defined. The validity of QALYs as a general measure of health requires the same stringent conditions as in a welfarist framework. They consider the application of the proposed approach to the analysis of public health measures adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.