This paper draws attention to the importance of incorporating weights for time preference and productivity in using the concept of healthy days of life lost to evaluate health projects. Two alternative health strategies are defined for Ghana and evaluated; over a range of discount rates from zero to twenty percent; with regard to the present value of productive life saved. It is found that the relative ranking of the projects is sensitive to the choice...
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1986/10/31
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Document de travail (série numérotée)
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PHN8627
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2018/09/11
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Disclosed
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Evaluating healthy days of life gained from health projects
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discount rate