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The Value of Health

Han Bleichrodt

ERIM Inaugural Address Series Research in Management from Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Abstract: Economic evaluations of health care can help to make better medical decisions. Decisions about life and death. Our current methods are wrong. Reality is different from what we did believe. Policy decisions based on our current tools are not at all in the best interests of patients. We, scientists, have the responsibility to bridge the gap between theory and reality. Prospect theory respects reality. Now, we have all the opportunity to reliably value health. And, these values can even be obtained free of charge: we do not have to collect additional data. We can apply prospect theory immediately. What remains is to spread the word.

Keywords: health care; health economics; health valuation; prospect theory; value of life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D61 D81 I10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-09-19
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