title: Valuing morbidity: an integration of the willingness-to-pay and health-status index literatures.
abstract: Placing dollar values on human health has long been a controversial aspect of policy analysis and remains difficult given the relatively small number of morbidity-valuation studies available. By combining both the economic and health literature, this paper offers an alternative approach to morbidity valuation and provides estimates for a wide range of short-term health conditions.
authors.affiliation: Triangle Economic Research, Durham, NC 27713, USA. frj@ter.com
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Fries
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Banzhaf
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000191:economics; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D018803:Models, Economic; D009017:Morbidity; D026712:Value of Life