The value of a statistical life in Sweden: A review of the empirical literature

Health Policy

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 302-310

  Hultkrantz, Lars ^a   Svensson, Mikael ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Revealed preferences; Stated preferences; Value of a statistical life; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDITY; VALUE OF A STATISTICAL LIFE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 84870059141     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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