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- Comparision And Evaluation Of States Of Health

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  • Carmen Herrero Blanco

    (Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas)

  • José Luis Pinto

    (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Abstract

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.

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  • Carmen Herrero Blanco & José Luis Pinto, 1998. "- Comparision And Evaluation Of States Of Health," Working Papers. Serie AD 1998-12, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    • Handle: RePEc:ivi:wpasad:1998-12
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    2. Carmen Herrero Blanco, 1998. "- An Alternative Theory Of Health Care Decision Making," Working Papers. Serie AD 1998-15, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).

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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health

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