Cardinal scales for health evaluation
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Cardinal scales for health evaluation. / Harvey, Charles; Østerdal, Lars Peter Raahave.
In: Decision Analysis, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2010, p. 256-281.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Cardinal scales for health evaluation
AU - Harvey, Charles
AU - Østerdal, Lars Peter Raahave
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Policy studies often evaluate health for an individual or for a population by using measurement scales that are ordinal scales or expected-utility scales. This paper develops scales of a different type, commonly called cardinal scales, that measure changes in health. Also, we argue that cardinal scales provide a meaningful and useful means of evaluating health policies. Thus, we develop a means of using the perspective of early neoclassical welfare economics as an alternative to ordinalist and expected-utility perspectives.
AB - Policy studies often evaluate health for an individual or for a population by using measurement scales that are ordinal scales or expected-utility scales. This paper develops scales of a different type, commonly called cardinal scales, that measure changes in health. Also, we argue that cardinal scales provide a meaningful and useful means of evaluating health policies. Thus, we develop a means of using the perspective of early neoclassical welfare economics as an alternative to ordinalist and expected-utility perspectives.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - health scales
KW - population health
KW - cardinal utility
KW - neoclassical welfare economics
KW - social welfare
KW - preference intensity
U2 - 10.1287/deca.1100.0181
DO - 10.1287/deca.1100.0181
M3 - Journal article
VL - 7
SP - 256
EP - 281
JO - Decision Analysis
JF - Decision Analysis
SN - 1545-8490
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 21593232