Assigning Values to Life: Comparing Methods for Valuing Health Risks

Fred Kuchler ; Elise Golan

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: health;    safety;    health policy;    cost-of-illness;    willingness-to-pay;    cost-effectiveness analysis;    risk-risk analysis;    health-health analysis;   

RP-ID  :  AER-784

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

An examination of five approaches economists and health policy analysts have developed for evaluating policy affecting health and safety: cost-of-illness, willingness-to-pay, cost-effectiveness analysis, risk-risk analysis, and health-health analysis. Also examines the theoretical basis and empirical application of each approach and investigates the influence that assumptions embedded in each approach have on policy guidance.