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    It is not the case that Standard health resource allocation strategies using QALY as a metric favor individuals without disabilities over individuals with disabilities

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    • 1.QALY measurements rely on population-based preference surveys that systematically underweight the subjective well-being reported by disabled individuals themselves.
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    • 2.When disabled individuals self-report quality of life, they consistently rate their own health states higher than non-disabled evaluators predict, a phenomenon documented by Albrecht and Devlieger as the 'disability paradox'.
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    • 3.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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    • 1.QALY maximization is not the sole or universal basis for health resource allocation; many frameworks incorporate rule-of-rescue, fair innings, and severity-weighting principles that can offset QALY-based disparities.
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    • 2.Norman Daniels' 'prudential lifespan account' and Frances Kamm's work on allocation both demonstrate that just health systems routinely subordinate aggregate QALY gains to considerations of equal treatment and urgent need.
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    • 3.Therefore the claim that standard allocation strategies favor non-disabled persons overgeneralizes from one contested metric to the entire institutional practice of health resource allocation.
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    • 1.QALY (Quality-Adjusted Life Year) is used as the metric for measuring health benefit
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    • 2.Individuals with disabilities have worse health resource use outcomes than non-disabled individuals, either before or after treatment
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    • 3.Resource allocation strategies maximize QALY outcomes
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