Test Name:	Quality Adjusted Life Year Index
Acronym:	QALY
Publisher:	GL Assessment
Web Site:	http://shop.gl-assessment.co.uk/home.php?cat=423
Author:	Rosser, R. & Kind, P.
Year:	1978
Purpose:	Two dimensional matrix (disability x distress) which attempts to quantify different health/illness states for use as a global health indicator (a summary assessment of overall health status). Individual's current level of health/illness is rated in terms of eight levels of disability together with four levels of distress.
Contents:	Manual
Age range:	Adult
Administration time:	5 minutes.
Qualifications:	To use this test you must be, or be supervised by a Clinical Psychologist, occupational therapist or nurse. Held in 'Health Status and Health-Related Quality of Life' in Measures in Health Psychology Portfolio
Available:	True
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