Benefits of preventing a death associated with child maltreatment: Evidence from willingness-to-pay survey data

P.S. Corso, Xiangming Fang and J.A. Mercy

American Journal of Public Health, 2011, vol. 101, issue 3, 487-490

Abstract: Although assessing the costs of an intervention to prevent child maltreatment is straightforward, placing a monetary value on benefits is challenging. Respondents participating in a statewide randomdigit- dialed survey were asked how much they would be willing to pay to prevent a death caused by child maltreatment. Our results suggested that society may value preventing a death from child maltreatment at $ 15 million. If a child maltreatment intervention is effective enough to save even 1 life, then in many cases, its benefits will outweigh its costs.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.196584

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