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    Challenges→Standard health resource allocation strategies using QALY as a metric favor individuals without disabilities over individuals with disabilities

    If QALY weights were recalibrated using experiential rather than evaluative preferences, the alleged systematic disadvantage to disabled persons would be substantially diminished or eliminated.

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    Evaluative preferences(as used in ethics and decision-making)
    What people think is valuable or good based on abstract judgment or principles, rather than what they actually experience as enjoyable or satisfying.
    Experiential preferences(as used in ethics and decision-making)
    What people actually prefer based on how they experience or live their lives day-to-day, rather than what they think they *should* prefer in theory.
    QALY (Quality-Adjusted Life Year)(as used in healthcare ethics and resource allocation)
    A way of measuring health benefits that combines how long someone lives with how good their quality of life is during that time—essentially trying to put a number on health improvements.
    Recalibrated(as used in measurement and evaluation)
    Adjusted or reset to use different measurements or standards than before.

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    Systematic disadvantage(as used in ethics and social justice)
    A pattern where certain groups of people are regularly treated unfairly or get worse outcomes because of how a system is designed, not by accident.

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