If a woman who has a life expectancy of 85 suddenly dies of a heart attack at age 55, how many ...

If a woman who has a life expectancy of 85 suddenly dies of a heart attack at age 55, how many quality-adjusted life years were lost?
 
  30
  55
  85
  140

Question 2

Which of the following statements about QALYs is true?
 
  As QALYs decrease, DALYs increase.
  If an individual loses half of his quality of life for the last 10 years of his life, he
  has lost 10 QALYs.
  Subjective experience of vitality is not considered in the calculation of QALYs.
  QALYs are not very useful in evaluating the costs and benefits of medical
  interventions.

Question 3

An individual who is completely well and is enjoying perfect vitality is said to have a QALY score for the year of
 
  0.
  0.5.
  1.
  100.

Question 4

Which of the following is the reciprocal of QALYs?
 
  global disease burden
  disability-adjusted life years
  disease/life ratio
  vitality benefit

Question 5

Combining all four measures of health yields a measure of just how healthy people are, which is called
 
  quality-adjusted life years.
  life benefit.
  global disease burden.
  disease/life ratio.

Question 6

To measure the QALYs lost due to a particular illness, you need to consider
 
  only mortality.
  only morbidity.
  only disability.
  every measure of health.