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Chapter 10
Digital Twins and Healthcare: Trends, Techniques, and Challenges
Quality-Adjusted Life Years
Published in Chapter:
Healthcare for the Elderly With Digital Twins
Rita Komalasari (Yarsi University, Indonesia)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5925-6.ch010
Abstract
Assistive technology for the elderly was the focus of the literature review that would help support the elderly's healthcare. This chapter discusses the potential of assistive technology in general to offer a cost-effective way of assisting healthcare services for the elderly; no systematic research on the expenses of these technologies for this population has been carried out. Throughout the process of evaluation, evidence of significance is considered. This chapter explains the methods and conclusions of the literature review. As a result of this chapter, the elderly will have better access to health care.
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Chapter 12
On the Socio-Economic Impacts of the Difference Between Healthy and Sick Aging
An acronym for Quality-Adjusted Life Year. It is an indicator that aims to measure the years of life (already lived or expected to live) adjusted by the quality of life associated with a given health condition. Thus, 1 QALY represents one year of life in perfect health, assuming, at the other extreme, that it will be 0 at the time of death. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-adjusted_life_year ; accessed on February 02, 2021.
Published in Chapter: On the Socio-Economic Impacts of the Difference Between Healthy and Sick Aging; From: Handbook of Research on Economic and Social Impacts of Population Aging
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