Evaluating Health Risks: An Economic Approach

ISBN-13: 9780521472852 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 202 str.

Per-Olov Johansson

Opis

A major problem in health economics is how to give a value to changes in health. This is the first book to present a comprehensive survey of the money measures that are used in such evaluations. The author defines the properties of these money measures, examining them in both a certain and a risky world. He evaluates available empirical approaches for the assessment of the value of health changes, and considers measures such as quality-adjusted life years (QALYS) and health-years equivalents (HYES).

Recenzje

"This concise and carefully written book adresses what is becomming an increasingly important issue in several field os economics." Wesley A. Magat, Journal of Economic Literature

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Some basic tools and concepts; 3. Evaluating health changes in a certain world; 4. Money measures in a risky world; 5. Evaluating health risks: practical methodologies; 6. Contingent valuation studies of health care; 7. Aggregation; 8. Further evaluation issues in a risky world; 9. Concluding remarks on related approaches.