The willingness to pay for mortality risk reductions in Mongolia

Hoffmann, Sandra; Qin, Ping; Krupnick, Alan; Badrakh, Burmaajav; Batbaatar, Suvd; Altangerel, Enkhjargal; Sereeter, Lodoysamba

doi:10.1016/j.reseneeco.2012.04.005

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“…Consideration of the effects of including workers' compensati on, time trends, and workers' average income yields an even lower estimate of $1.8 million. We assumed a VSL of $1.8 million because this was the most recent and thorough estimate available from a meta-analysis, and VSL estimate s from developing countries are often lower than those from developed countries (Bowland and Beghin, 2001;Hoffman et al, 2012 ).…”

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Potential economic benefits of eliminating canine rabies

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Although canine rabies has been eliminated from industrialized countries, infected dogs remain the primary source of human and livestock exposures in Asia, Africa and much of South America. Human deaths are the most important direct economic impact of canine rabies, followed by livestock losses and the cost of PEP, while expenses associated with dog vaccination and control are major indirect impacts. The global burden of rabies disproportionately affects Asia, which experiences more than half of human rabies deaths and approximately 65% of livestock losses, and performs more than 90% of postexposure prophylaxis (PEP). Africa is second to Asia in terms of human deaths and livestock losses, but administers the least number of PEPs of the three regions. Recent experience in Latin America shows that efforts to reduce human deaths from rabies through expanded dog vaccination and improved access to PEP result in significant monetary savings. The elimination of canine rabies would lead to major economic benefits in developing countries that are often the least capable of dealing with the disease. This article forms part of a symposium in Antiviral Research on the elimination of canine rabies.

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Potential economic benefits of eliminating canine rabies

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“…The survey instrument used in this study is in all ways except for the payment vehicle fundamentally the same as the survey we fielded in Shanghai and Chongqing, and fundamentally the same as those estimating WTP to reduce mortality risk in seven other countries (Krupnick et al, 2002;Alberini et al, 2004Alberini et al, , 2006bItaoka et al, 2007;Hoffmann et al, 2012). The survey instrument used in these studies was translated into Chinese and adapted to reflect important demographic, cultural, and institutional conditions in China.…”

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“…In other respects, the survey was kept as close as possible to that administered elsewhere. In particular, it retains the same risk communication, risk comprehension testing, and the same elicitation design that allows internal and external scope tests, and other robustness/validity testing described more fully in Hoffmann et al (2012).…”

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Building a Set of Internationally Comparable Value of Statistical Life Studies: Estimates of Chinese Willingness to Pay to Reduce Mortality Risk

Hoffmann

Krupnick

Qin

2017

J. Benefit Cost Anal.

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This study is the eighth in a series of stated-preference studies designed to enhance the basis for international benefits transfer of value of statistical life (VSL) estimates. The series has fielded essentially similar stated-preference surveys in Canada, China, France, Italy, Japan, Mongolia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This Chinese study estimates the willingness to pay for contemporaneous and future mortality risk reductions of residents of Shanghai, Jiujiang, and Nanning, China using a stated-preference payment-card survey. The pooled VSL for a contemporaneous reduction in annual mortality risk reduction of 5 in 10,000 is about 1.47 million 2009 yuan ($614,805 U.S. $2016), with income elasticities of 0.2 to 0.25. This VSL estimate is at the lower end of estimates from the eight countries, between those from Mongolia and Japan, and in the mid-range of estimates of willingness to pay (WTP) for mortality risk reductions as a percentage of household income. We find lower discount rates in the Mongolia, Japan, and China studies than in those fielded in North America or Europe. The study also explores the relative performance of dichotomous choice and stated-preference card elicitation methods in a middle income country setting and develops a computerized "payment card" that allows testing for anchoring. Implicit transfer elasticities across countries, calculated using the VSLs we estimate and each country's income, relative to those of the United States, yields estimates of 0.88-0.95 for the lower income countries. These compare with the default assumption of 1.0 or assumed elasticities of 1.2 for developing countries.

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“…Consideration of the effects of including workers' compensation, time trends and workers' average income yields an even lower estimate of $1.8 million (Doucouliagos et al, 2012). We assumed a VSL of $1.8 million because this was the most recent and thorough estimate available from a meta-analysis, and VSL estimates from developing countries are often lower than those from developed countries (Bowland and Beghin, 2001;Hoffman et al, 2012).…”

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The Cost of Canine Rabies on Four Continents

Anderson

Shwiff

2013

Transbound Emerg Dis

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We estimated the economic impacts of canine rabies in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Direct and indirect costs of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis, dog vaccination and control, rabies diagnostic testing and cattle mortality-related costs were accounted for. The number of human deaths was updated from previous estimates based on population growth, and the costs associated with the risk of human mortality were incorporated. We accounted for uncertainty associated with the parameter estimates using a Monte Carlo simulation and estimated that the global burden of canine rabies is approximately $124 billion annually. This result illustrates the potential benefits that could be realized if canine rabies was eliminated and provides an important benchmark against which the cost of any potential elimination campaign can be compared.

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The willingness to pay for mortality risk reductions in Mongolia

Cited by 32 publications

References 17 publications

Potential economic benefits of eliminating canine rabies

Potential economic benefits of eliminating canine rabies

Building a Set of Internationally Comparable Value of Statistical Life Studies: Estimates of Chinese Willingness to Pay to Reduce Mortality Risk

The Cost of Canine Rabies on Four Continents

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