Table 4.
Characteristics of non-empirical “theoretical” papers.
| Author(s) | Title | Journal | Type of article |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egan5 | QALYs or quackery? The quagmire of quantifying the cost of breathing | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Editorial |
| Hughes6 | Palliative care and the QALY problem | Health Care Analysis: Journal of Health Philosophy and Policy | Journal article |
| Normand12 | Measuring outcomes in palliative care: limitations of QALYs and the road to PalYs | Journal of Pain & Symptom Management | Special article |
| Haycox41 | Optimizing decision making and resource allocation in palliative care | Journal of Pain & Symptom Management | Special article |
| Cowley42 | Justifying terminal care by “retrospective quality-adjusted life-years” | Journal of Medical Ethics | Ethics |
| Chochinov29 | Death, time and the theory of relativity | Journal of Pain & Symptom Management | Special article |
| Chochinov70 | Relatively speaking. To the editor. | Journal of Pain & Symptom Management | |
| Yang and Mahon30 | Considerations of quality-adjusted life-year in palliative care for the terminally ill | Journal of Palliative Medicine | Editorial letter |
| Normand12 | Setting priorities in and for end-of-life care: challenges in the application of economic evaluation | Health Economics, Policy and Law | Journal article |
| Round7 | Is a QALY still a QALY at the end of life? | Journal of Health Economics | Journal article |
| Round43 | Death, time, and the theory of relativity: a brief reply? | Journal of Pain & Symptom Management | Editor letter |
| Yang and Mahon8 | Palliative care for the terminally ill in America: the consideration of QALYs, costs, and ethical issues | Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy | Scientific contribution |
| Coast14 | Strategies for the economic evaluation of end-of-life care: making a case for the capability approach | Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research | Perspective |
QALY: quality-adjusted life year; PalY: Palliative Care Yardstick.