Paper #275

Título:

Comparison and evaluation of states of health

Autores:

Carmen Herrero, José Luis Pinto y Han Bleichrodt

Data:

Diciembre 1997

Resumen:

Starting from a finite or countable set of states of health, and assuming the existence of an objective transitive preference relation on that set, we propose a way of performing interpersonal comparisons of states of health. In so doing, we first consider the population divided into types, and consider that two individuals of a different type have a comparable state of health whenever they sit at the same centile of their respective type. A way of comparing and evaluating states of health for different groups is then proposed and rationalized. This can be viewed as both an alternative and an extension of the traditional QALY approach.

Palabras clave:

QALY, states of health, comparison, types

Códigos JEL:

I10, H51

Área de investigación:

Economía Laboral, Pública, de Desarrollo y de la Salud

Publicado en:

Journal of Health Economics, 1, 7, (2002)
Con el título:
A Proposal to Solve the Comparability Problem in Cost-Utility Analysis

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