... per QALY with increasing age and dis-ease severity. Our finding is in parallel with the study byHamel and colleagues in patients with pneumonia and ARDS [14]. However, in their study the cost ... measurement of health-related quality of life. The EuroQol Group. Health Policy 1990, 16:199-208.18. Ohinmaa A, Sintonen H: Quality of life of Finnish population measures by EuroQol. EuroQol, Plenary ... 0.72). Accordingly, our 958 ARF patients were estimated to gain a total of 16,076 life years and 10,857 predicted lifetime QALYs (67 life- years and 44QALYs in one year per 100 patients) .Overall...