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We Propose a Novel Measure for Social Welfare and Public Health: Capability-Adjusted Life-Years, CALYs

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  1. Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden

    Anna Månsdotter

  2. Medical Faculty, Lund University, Box 117, 221 00, Lund, Sweden

    Björn Ekman

  3. Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Box 256, 751 05, Uppsala, Sweden

    Inna Feldman

  4. Department of Public Health and Care Science, Uppsala University, Box 256, 751 05, Uppsala, Sweden

    Inna Feldman

  5. Health Care Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, 701 85, Örebro, Sweden

    Lars Hagberg

  6. Unit of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden

    Anna-Karin Hurtig & Lars Lindholm

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This commentary was funded by a network grant, to the Swedish Research Network for Economic Analysis of Public Health, from the Research Council for Health, Working life, and Welfare (No 2014-1452).

All authors, i.e. Anna Månsdotter, Björn Ekman, Inna Feldman, Lars Hagberg, Anna-Karin Hurtig, and Lars Lindholm, declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

The Umeå Board for Ethical Clearance (EPN) have approved to the survey among individuals in the general public (n = 967) from an ethical point of view (Protocol No 2016-68-31M).

The Stockholm Board for Ethical Clearance (EPN) have in an advisory statement concluded that they have no ethical objections to survey among researchers in public health and social sciences (Protocol No 2016/4).

The Umeå Board for Ethical Clearance (EPN) have approved to the pilot study among individuals in the general public (n = 3000) from an ethical point of view (Protocol No 2017/57-31).

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Månsdotter, A., Ekman, B., Feldman, I. et al. We Propose a Novel Measure for Social Welfare and Public Health: Capability-Adjusted Life-Years, CALYs. Appl Health Econ Health Policy 15, 437–440 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-017-0323-0

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