Valuing Health for Regulatory Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

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Author(s): Health, and Safety Regulation Committee to Evaluate Measures of Health Benefits for Environmental
Edition: 1
Publisher: National Academies Press
Year: 2006

Language: English
Pages: 381

Front Matter......Page 0
Reviewers......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Contents......Page 16
Executive Summary......Page 18
1 Introduction......Page 32
2 Characteristics of Major Regulations and Current Analytic Practices......Page 58
3 Measures and Strategies for Obtaining Health Benefit Values for Regulatory Analysis......Page 84
4 Beyond Ratios: Ethical and Nonquantifiable Aspects of Regulatory Decisions......Page 147
5 Recommendations for Regulatory Cost-Effectiveness Analysis......Page 176
Appendixes......Page 208
A Summary of Case Studies......Page 210
B Health Indexes......Page 262
C OMB Circular A-4......Page 275
D Acronyms and Glossary......Page 333
E Biographical Sketches......Page 343
References......Page 352
Index......Page 368