Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is increasingly important in public health decision making,
including in low-and middle-income countries. The decision makers' valuation of a unit of …

The scientific community has come together in a mass mobilization to combat the public
health risks of COVID-19, including efforts to develop a vaccine. However, the success of …

The value of mortality risk reductions, conventionally expressed as the value per statistical
life, is an important determinant of the net benefits of many government policies. US …

The first edition of this important work was the winner of the 2002 Publication of Enduring
Quality award by the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. The …

We estimate how the marginal utility of consumption varies with health. To do so, we
develop a simple model in which the impact of health on the marginal utility of consumption …

The term 'utility'can be interpreted in terms of the hedonic experience of an outcome
(experienced utility) or in terms of the preference or desire for that outcome (decision utility) …

Only so far as current tastes and appetites are reliable indices of human utility, only so far as
we can identify the desired with the desirable, is the evolution of customary standards of life …

There is often a discrepancy between quality of life estimates from patients and the general
public. These discrepancies are of concern to the disability community, who worry that the …

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) are unpleasant experiences. However, there is
no drug that is completely effective in preventing PONV. Whereas cost effectiveness …

This article reports the results of a study aimed at estimating a willingness-to-pay based
value of statistical life for road risks using a multi-stage approach which involves" chaining …