Trying to estimate a monetary value for qualy

Jose Luis Pinto (), Raul Brey and Graham Loomes
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Jose Luis Pinto: Universdad Pablo de Olavide, http://www.upo.es
Raul Brey: Universdad Pablo de Olavide, http://www.upo.es
Graham Loomes: University of East Anglia

No E2009/03, Economic Working Papers at Centro de Estudios Andaluces from Centro de Estudios Andaluces

Abstract: In this paper we study the feasibility of estimating a monetary value for a QALY (MVQ). Using two different surveys of the Spanish population (total n=892), we consider whether willingness to pay (WTP) is (approximately) proportional to the health gains measured in QALYs. We also explore whether subjects’ responses are prone to any significant biases. We find that the estimated MVQ varies inversely with the magnitude of health gain. We also find two other (ir)regularities: the existence of ordering effects; and insensitivity of WTP to the duration of the period of payment. Taken together, these effects result in large variations in estimates of the MVQ. If we are ever to obtain consistent and stable estimates, we should try to understand better the sources of variability found in the course of this study.

JEL-codes: I10 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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