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, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, Wilhelmine.

Robinson, Lisa A.

Lawrence, Robert S., 1938-

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Evaluate Measures of Health Benefits for Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Cost effectiveness--Research--Methodology.

Medical care.

Cost effectiveness.

Cost-Benefit Analysis--methods.

Medical care--Cost effectiveness.

Research.

Methodology.

United States.

Health Policy--economics.

United States Government Agencies.

Medical Subjects:

Cost-Benefit Analysis--methods.

United States.

Health Policy--economics.

United States Government Agencies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2006]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Promoting human health and safety by reducing exposures to risks and harms through regulatory interventions is among the most important responsibilities of 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 who support the work of regulatory programs.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-350).

ISBN:

0309100771

OCLC:

63114187

Publisher Number:

9780309100779