How Agencies Monetize "Statistical Lives" Expected to Be Saved By Regulations.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health insurance.

Medical economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (44 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Summarizes current Government-wide requirements for benefit-cost analysis and the monetization of health benefits; and describes agency-specific policies in selected health, safety, and environmental agencies. Provides examples of final rules published by DOT, DHS, EPA, and OSHA from 2007 through 2009 that monetized expected health benefits; and describes how those values were used in the economic analyses for the rules.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service. How Agencies Monetize "Statistical Lives" Expected to Be Saved By Regulations

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