Home›Sources›Wikipedia: Quality-Adjusted Life YearSourcesWikipedia: Quality-Adjusted Life YearEncyclopedia ArticleCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextHealth and Wellness Atlas. "Wikipedia: Quality-Adjusted Life Year." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://health.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-quality-adjusted-life-year.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextHealth and Wellness Atlas. (n.d.). Wikipedia: Quality-Adjusted Life Year. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://health.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-quality-adjusted-life-yearCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{healthandwellnessatlas-wikipedia-quality-adjusted-life-year, author = {Health and Wellness Atlas}, title = {Wikipedia: Quality-Adjusted Life Year}, year = {2026}, url = {https://health.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-quality-adjusted-life-year}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingThe Wikipedia article on the quality-adjusted life year, cited for the measure's history, calculation and the disability-rights debate over its use in health-economic rationing.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (21 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsPublisherWell-attestedWikipediaURLWell-attestedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-adjusted_life_yearSource TypeWell-attestedReferenceReliability TierWell-attested3SourcesWikipedia: Quality-Adjusted Life Yeartier 3WikipediaView the SourceWikipedia: Quality-Adjusted Life Yeartier 3WikipediaLead sectionView the SourceWikipedia: Quality-Adjusted Life Yeartier 3WikipediaPage footerView the SourceWikipedia: Quality-Adjusted Life Yeartier 3WikipediaPage addressView the SourceWikipedia: Quality-Adjusted Life Yeartier 3WikipediaDocument kindView the SourceWikipedia: Quality-Adjusted Life Yeartier 3WikipediaEditorial model, community-editedView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (21 claims)This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicOpen Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Concepts, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 3 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Branches, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested14BranchesHealth EconomicsConceptsQuality-Adjusted Life YearOpen QuestionsDoes allocating scarce health-system resources by a QALY-based cost-effectiveness threshold structurally undervalue treatment for people with disabilities, who by definition can rarely reach the "perfect health" baseline a QALY is scored against?SourcesWikipedia: Quality-Adjusted Life YearScholarly debate1ConceptsQuality-Adjusted Life YearConnected1Open QuestionsDoes allocating scarce health-system resources by a QALY-based cost-effectiveness threshold structurally undervalue treatment for people with disabilities, who by definition can rarely reach the "perfect health" baseline a QALY is scored against?General References5BranchesHealth EconomicsConceptsQuality-Adjusted Life YearOpen QuestionsDoes allocating scarce health-system resources by a QALY-based cost-effectiveness threshold structurally undervalue treatment for people with disabilities, who by definition can rarely reach the "perfect health" baseline a QALY is scored against?Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year