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Valuing Health: For Regulatory Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Committee To Evaluate Measures Of Health Benefits For Environmental, Health, And Safety Regulation; National Academy Of Sciences; Board On Health Car
Promoting human health and safety by reducing exposures to risks and harms through regulatory interventions is among the most important responsibilities of the 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 ... Read more
Table of Contents- Front Matter
- Executive Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Characteristics of Major Regulations and Current Analytic Practices
- 3 Measures and Strategies for Obtaining Health Benefit Values for Regulatory Analysis
- 4 Beyond Ratios: Ethical and Nonquantifiable Aspects of Regulatory Decisions
- 5 Recommendations for Regulatory Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
- Appendix A Summary of Case Studies
- Appendix B Health Indexes
- Appendix C OMB Circular A-4
- Appendix D Acronyms and Glossary
- Appendix E Biographical Sketches
- References
- Index
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