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Interpersonal comparisons of welfare

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Amongst the many methodologies and philosophical problems that have to be confronted sooner or later by those involved in the measurement of health status is how best to compare the health status of one person with that of another. It is an activity which some people do routinely many times a day, yet which others say is totally illegitimate (on moral and/or on scientific grounds). My purpose in this short essay is to review this territory from the viewpoint of a health economist and to offer a way forward which seems practical and yet morally and scientifically defensible (which is not to claim that it should therefore please everybody!)

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  • Alan Williams, 1996. "Interpersonal comparisons of welfare," Working Papers 151chedp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
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    1. Christine Arentz, 2011. "Medizinisch-technischer Fortschritt im Gesundheitswesen: Zentrale Kosten-Nutzen-Bewertung ohne Alternative?," Otto-Wolff-Institut Discussion Paper Series 01/2011, Otto-Wolff-Institut für Wirtschaftsordnung, Köln, Deutschland.

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    health status; HRQoL;

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