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A person lives for 3 years with a disease and the current standard of care for that disease means he/she lives with a utility level of 0.7 .
If that person takes a new medicine (Medicine A) because of which his/her utility level increases to 0.8,
If another new medicine (Medicine B) prolongs the patient’s life by 2 years, at a utility level of 0.7,
-Calculate the new QALY
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