The Relative Value of Suicide Prevention in Health Care Priority Setting

Daniela Andrén (), Thomas Laitila (), Linda Ryen () and Elin Vimefall ()
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Thomas Laitila: Örebro University School of Business, Postal: Örebro University, School of Business, SE - 701 82 ÖREBRO, Sweden, https://www.oru.se/english/employee/thomas_laitila
Linda Ryen: University Health Care Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Postal: Örebro University, School of Business, SE - 701 82 ÖREBRO, Sweden, https://www.oru.se/english/employee/linda_ryen
Elin Vimefall: Örebro University School of Business, Postal: Örebro University, School of Business, SE - 701 82 ÖREBRO, Sweden, https://www.oru.se/english/employee/elin_vimefall

No 2023:10, Working Papers from Örebro University, School of Business

Abstract: This article investigates how the Swedish population values a reduction in the number of suicides in relation to other life-saving interventions within the health care sector. An online discrete choice experiment was conducted with a sample of 1000 Swedish members of the web panel Userneeds to elicit the relative importance placed on reducing the number of suicides in comparison to deaths due to pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, and acute heart attack. The choice set consisted of three attributes: number of lives saved, cause of death, and age group affected. We found that respondents valued saving lives by suicide prevention lower than saving lives from pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, or acute heart attack.

Keywords: relative value of suicide prevention; health care; priority setting; saving lives; discrete choice experiment; pancreatic cancer; breast cancer; or acute heart attack. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D61 I10 I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2023-09-26
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