Willingness-to-pay for a statistical life in the times of a pandemic
Willingness-to-pay for a statistical life in the times of a pandemic
复制标题
DOI:
10.1002/hec.1236
复制
发表时间:
2008-01-01
期刊:
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Kristiansen, Ivar Sonbo
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte;Halvorsen, Peder Andreas;Kristiansen, Ivar Sonbo
A contingent valuation was performed based on cross-sectional web-based interviews of individuals aged 16-82 years of age presenting a scenario of influenza pandemic. The mean WTP for a course of Tamiflu was NOK 1034 (median NOK 250). Anxious individuals perceived the pandemic mortality risk to be higher than others, but also perceived the benefit of Tamiflu as greater. They also expressed a higher WTP for Tamiflu, but the implied VOSL was less than for other respondents. The results suggest that fear and anxiety distort decision making under uncertainty and decrease focus on the perceived risk reduction. Copyright (C) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.