TY - JOUR
T1 - A Normative Foundation for Equity-sensitive Health Evaluation
T2 - The Role of Relative Comparisons of Health Gains
AU - Moreno-Ternero, Juan D.
AU - Østerdal, Lars Peter
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - We explore in this paper the relationship between equity-sensitive population health evaluation measures and normative concerns for relative comparisons of health gains. Such a relationship allows us to characterize focal equity-sensitive models for the evaluation of population health. Instances are the so-called multiplicative Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) and multiplicative Healthy Years Equivalents (HYEs), as well as generalizations of the two. Our axiomatic approach assumes social preferences over distributions of individual health states experienced in a given period of time. It conveys informational simplicity, as it does not require information about individual preferences on health.
AB - We explore in this paper the relationship between equity-sensitive population health evaluation measures and normative concerns for relative comparisons of health gains. Such a relationship allows us to characterize focal equity-sensitive models for the evaluation of population health. Instances are the so-called multiplicative Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) and multiplicative Healthy Years Equivalents (HYEs), as well as generalizations of the two. Our axiomatic approach assumes social preferences over distributions of individual health states experienced in a given period of time. It conveys informational simplicity, as it does not require information about individual preferences on health.
U2 - 10.1111/jpet.12233
DO - 10.1111/jpet.12233
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85012979997
SN - 1097-3923
VL - 19
SP - 1009
EP - 1025
JO - Journal of Public Economic Theory
JF - Journal of Public Economic Theory
IS - 5
ER -