I don’t really see ESM as being in opposition to QALYs. It seems like it’s a method that you would use as an input in QALY weight determinations.
It can be, yes, but QALYs trade off length and quality of life, whereas ESM would only tell you about QoL/wellbeing. There would still need to be some other process (or some major assumptions) to anchor the results on the QALY (or DALY) scale.
It can be, yes, but QALYs trade off length and quality of life, whereas ESM would only tell you about QoL/wellbeing. There would still need to be some other process (or some major assumptions) to anchor the results on the QALY (or DALY) scale.