Cardinal Scales for Public Health Evaluation

Charles M. Harvey; Lars Peter Østerdal

Cardinal Scales for Public Health Evaluation

Charles M. Harvey, Lars Peter Østerdal

Økonomisk Institut

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Abstract

Policy studies often evaluate health for a population by summing the individuals' health as measured by a scale that is ordinal or that depends on risk attitudes. We develop a method using a different type of preferences, called preference intensity or cardinal preferences, to construct scales that measure changes in health. The method is based on a social welfare model that relates preferences between changes in an individual's health to preferences between changes in health for a population

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Udgivelsessted	Cph.
Udgiver	Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
Antal sider	39
Status	Udgivet - 2007

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JEL Classification: D63, H43, I18

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