Quality-Adjusted Life Year Gain By Tobacco Cessation
Call function
parameters
- age: patient's age
- gender: patients gender (male: 0, female: 1)
- smokeyear: number of years patient has been smoking
- cigpday: number of cigateres patient smokes per day
- quityear: how many years ago patient has quit smoking (0 for current smokers)
example
qalyValue({age:65,gender:1,smokeyear:30,cigpday:20,quityear:0}) #output: 6.142667499999999