This is an account of what it means to try to quantify health in distributing resources for health care. The book examines the concept of QALYs (Quality Adjuste... » 

This is an account of what it means to try to quantify health in distributing resources for health care. The book examines the concept of QALYs (Quality Adjusted Life Year) which supposedly makes it more accurate to talk about life in terms of both quality and quantity of years lived. «