Development of a Value of Life Framework to Assist Priority Setting Decision Making Across Sectors

用于评估拯救生命干预措施的技术因卫生部门和其他部门而异。在医疗保健中，成本效益或成本效用分析是常见的，避免了对生命价值的具体说明。相比之下，运输和环境部门使用成本效益分析，并以货币形式评估生命。这种方法的两面性导致卫生部门的隐含生命价值较低。该研究将探讨这些差异，并试图确定影响生命价值的关键属性，为生命价值评估的单一方法提供框架，并更有效地跨部门分配资源。

The techniques used to evaluate life-saving interventions differ between health and other sectors. In health cost-effectiveness or cost-utility anlaysis is common, avoiding specification of a value for life. In contrast the transport and environment sectors use cost-benefit analysis and value life in monetary terms. This duality of approaches has resulted in a lower implicit value of life in the health sector. The research will explore these differences and attempt to identify key attributes that influence how life is valued, to provide a framework for a single approach to the valuation of life, and the more efficient allocation of resources cross-sectorally.