Evaluating Health Risks: An Economic Approach

by Per-Olov Johansson

Overview

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).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521478786
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/27/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.47(d)

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

"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

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