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Value of Life Year and Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds: The Case of Poland Cover

Value of Life Year and Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds: The Case of Poland

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|Aug 2021

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Table 1

Attribute levels

AttributeLevels
Increase in life expectancy0 years; 6 months; 1 year; 2 years
Improvement in health on a 10-point scale0 point; 1 point; 2 points
Monthly cost in the form of higher tax10 PLN; 20 PLN; 50 PLN; 100 PLN

[i] Source: Questionnaire for general and dialysis population (2008).

Table 2

Sample choice card

Health effects and programme costProgramme 0Programme AProgramme B
Increase in life expectancy0 years1 year1 year
Improvement in health on a 10-point scale0 point0 point1 point
Monthly cost in the form of higher tax0 PLN20 PLN50 PLN
Your choicegraphic/j_ceej-2021-0019_ingr_001.pnggraphic/j_ceej-2021-0019_ingr_001.pnggraphic/j_ceej-2021-0019_ingr_001.png

[i] graphic/j_ceej-2021-0019_ingr_001.png I don’t want to pay anything

[ii] Source: Questionnaire for general and dialysis population (2008).

Table 3

Estimation results of the multinomial logit model for the general population

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[i] Source: Calculations made with the use of the Limdep 4.0 statistical package.

Table 4

VOLY values for the general population

VOLYD39,127 PLN
VOLYD+J78,254 PLN

[i] Source: Calculations based on the WTP results for the general population.

Table 5

Estimation results of the multinomial logit model with an error component for the dialysis population

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[i] Source: Calculations made with the use of the Limdep 4.0 statistical package

Table 6

VOLY values for the dialysis population

VOLYD14,655 PLN
VOLYD+J24,939 PLN

[i] Source: Calculations based on WTP results for the dialysis population.

Table 7

WTP and VOLY in 2008 and 2020 values (PLN)

SampleWTP2008VOLY2008WTP2020VOLY2020
General population
1-year increase in life expectancy
10239,12714455,106
General population
1-year increase in life expectancy and 1-point improvement in health quality
20478,254287110,212
Dialysis population
1-year increase in life expectancy
5714,6558020,640
Dialysis population
1-year increase in life expectancy and 1-point improvement in health quality
9724,93913735,124

[i] Source: Calculations based on the WTP results from the 2008 questionnaire; 2020 values were calculated on the basis of annual macroeconomic indicators from GUS (2008–2020).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ceej-2021-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2543-6821 | Journal ISSN: 2544-9001
Language: English
Page range: 256 - 268
Published on: Aug 20, 2021
Published by: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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