Value of a QALY and VSI Estimated with the Chained Approach

Sara Olofsson (), Ulf-G. Gerdtham, Lars Hultkrantz and Ulf Persson ()
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Sara Olofsson: The Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE), Lund, Sweden
Ulf Persson : The Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE), Lund, Sweden

No 2016:33, Working Papers from Lund University, Department of Economics

Abstract: The value of a Quality-Adjusted Life-Year (QALY) and the Value of a Statistical Injury (VSI) are important measures within health economics and transport economics. Several studies have therefore estimated people’s WTP for these estimates, but most results show problems with scale insensitivity. The Chained Approach (CA) is a method developed to reduce this problem. The objective of this study was to estimate the value of a QALY and VSI in the context of non-fatal road traffic accidents using CA. Data was collected from a total of 800 individuals in the Swedish adult general population using two web-based questionnaires. The result showed evidence of scale sensitivity both within and between samples. The value of a QALY based on trimmed individual estimates where close to constant at €300,000 irrespective of the type and size of the QALY gain. The study shows promising results for using the original CA to estimate the value of a QALY and VSI. It also supports the use of a constant value of a QALY, but at a higher level than what is currently applied by HTA’s.

Keywords: contingent valuation; chained approach; scale sensitivity; quality-adjusted life-years; willingness-to-pay (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D61 D80 I18 J17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2016-12-13
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