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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968976403321

Titolo

Valuing health for regulatory cost-effectiveness analysis / / Wilhelmine Miller, Lisa A. Robinson, and Robert S. Lawrence, editors ; Committee to Evaluate Measures of Health Benefits for Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation, Board on Health Care Services

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2006

ISBN

9786610447299

9780309164849

0309164842

9781280447297

128044729X

9780309657006

0309657008

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 364 pages) : illustrations, charts

Altri autori (Persone)

MillerWilhelmine

RobinsonLisa A

LawrenceRobert S. <1938->

Disciplina

362.1068/1

Soggetti

Medical care - Cost effectiveness - Research - Methodology

Cost effectiveness

Cost-Benefit Analysis - methods

Health Policy - economics

Cost-Benefit Analysis

United States Government Agencies

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Characteristics of major regulations and current analytic practices -- Measures and strategies for obtaaining health benefit values for regulatory analysis -- Beyond ratios: ethical and nonquantifiable aspects of regulatory decisions -- Recommendations for regulatory cost-effectiveness analysis.



Sommario/riassunto

Promoting human health and safety by reducing exposures to risks and harms through regulatory interventions is among the most important responsibilities of the government. Such efforts encompass a wide array of activities in many different contexts: improving air and water quality; safeguarding the food supply; reducing the risk of injury on the job, in transportation, and from consumer products; and minimizing exposure to toxic chemicals. Estimating the magnitude of the expected health and longevity benefits and reductions in mortality, morbidity, and injury risks helps policy makers decide whether particular interventions merit the expected costs associated with achieving these benefits and inform their choices among alternative strategies. Valuing Health for Regulatory Cost-Effectiveness Analysis provides useful recommendations for how to measure health-related quality of- life impacts for diverse public health, safety, and environmental regulations. Public decision makers, regulatory analysts, scholars, and students in the field will find this an essential review text. It will become a standard reference for all government agencies and those consultants and contractors who support the work of regulatory programs.