title: A quality-of-life method for estimating the value of avoided morbidity.
abstract: We developed a quality-of-life method for valuing changes in health status. Our model determines changes in health attributes for different illnesses and then estimates the dollar value of the corresponding welfare losses. We used our quality-of-life approach to estimate willingness to pay to avoid asthma, a headache, a cough, bronchitis, and arthritis. Estimates derived using our method are similar to those obtained from more expensive and restrictive traditional methods.
authors.affiliation: Center for Economics Research, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mauskopf
mesh_terms: D004467:Economics; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009017:Morbidity; D011788:Quality of Life