ArticlePopulation health metrics2021
Value of statistical life year in extreme poverty: a randomized experiment of measurement methods in rural Burkina Faso.
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- The economic value of reducing avoidable mortality.Nature medicine · 2024Article
- Years of life lost due to insufficient sleep and associated economic burden in China from 2010-18.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- Value per Statistical Life at the Sub-National Level as a Tool for Assessing Public Health and Environmental Problems.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundValue of a Statistical Life Year (VSLY) provides an important economic measure of an individual's trade-off between health risks and other consumption, and is a widely used policy parameter. Measuring VSLY is complex though, especially in low-income and low-literacy communities.
methodsUsing a large randomized experiment (N = 3027), we study methodological aspects of stated-preference elicitation with payment cards (price lists) in an extreme poverty context. In a 2 × 2 design, we systematically vary whether buying or selling prices are measured, crossed with the range of the payment card.
resultsWe find substantial effects of both the pricing method and the list range on elicited VSLY. Estimates of the gross domestic product per capita multiplier for VSLY range from 3.5 to 33.5 depending on the study design. Importantly, all estimates are economically and statistically significantly larger than the current World Health Organization threshold of 3.0 for cost-effectiveness analyses.
conclusionsOur results inform design choice in VSLY measurements, and provide insight into the potential variability of these measurements and possibly robustness checks.
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