Or rather than using a different term, we could just expand the scope of the existing QALY term to include all forms of wellbeing? I was under the impression that QALYs can be used for mental health already. It’s good that emotional wellbeing is being considered as important by EAs—according to WHO, depression is the biggest cause of disability in the world and is on track to becoming the “second cause of the global disease burden.” Furthermore, treating depression in the developing world is more economically feasible than you would think.
Can ‘we’ actually do that? If someone hears us talking about QALYs, they are either already going to know what they are (which is a health measure as far as the rest of the world is concerned) or they’re going to look it up an get a Wikipedia definition, not our definition.
And yes QALYs can be and are used for mental health, but that’s because it’s still health, which isn’t quite the same as wellbeing.
Or rather than using a different term, we could just expand the scope of the existing QALY term to include all forms of wellbeing? I was under the impression that QALYs can be used for mental health already. It’s good that emotional wellbeing is being considered as important by EAs—according to WHO, depression is the biggest cause of disability in the world and is on track to becoming the “second cause of the global disease burden.” Furthermore, treating depression in the developing world is more economically feasible than you would think.
Can ‘we’ actually do that? If someone hears us talking about QALYs, they are either already going to know what they are (which is a health measure as far as the rest of the world is concerned) or they’re going to look it up an get a Wikipedia definition, not our definition.
And yes QALYs can be and are used for mental health, but that’s because it’s still health, which isn’t quite the same as wellbeing.