A quality-of-life method for estimating the value of avoided morbidity.
- 1 November 1992
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 82 (11) , 1553-1555
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.82.11.1553
Abstract
We developed a quality-of-life method for valuing changes in health status. Our model determines changes in health attributes for different illnesses and then estimates the dollar value of the corresponding welfare losses. We used our quality-of-life approach to estimate willingness to pay to avoid asthma, a headache, a cough, bronchitis, and arthritis. Estimates derived using our method are similar to those obtained from more expensive and restrictive traditional methods.Keywords
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