Does the whole equal the sum of the part
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John Brazier; Paul Dolan; Korina Karampela; Isabel Towers
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The qualityβadjusted life year (QALY) assumes that the value of a health state is linearly related to the time spent in it, which implies that the value of a health state is independent of the states which precede or follow it. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a suitable condition to t