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Health Economics Letters
On priority setting in preventive care resources
Article first published online: 7 APR 2009
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1482
Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Courbage, C. (2010), On priority setting in preventive care resources. Health Economics, 19: 485–490. doi: 10.1002/hec.1482
Publication History
- Issue published online: 10 MAR 2010
- Article first published online: 7 APR 2009
- Manuscript Accepted: 18 FEB 2009
- Manuscript Revised: 10 FEB 2009
- Manuscript Received: 9 SEP 2008
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Keywords:
- prevention;
- health management;
- risk aversion;
- prudence;
- expected utility
Abstract
Using an expected utility approach, we show that within a population that differs with respect to the probability of developing a disease, the allocation of preventive care resources should be prioritized based on the efficiency of prevention and not on whether individuals are at high or low risk of developing the disease. Should the efficiency of prevention be the same within the population, we show that the gravity of the disease, the presence of co-morbidities and the existence of uncertainty on health status can alternatively be considered so as to prioritize among preventive care resources. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.