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La evaluación de enfermedades. Un enfoque de bienestar subjetivo

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  • Rojas, Mariano

    (Facultad Latinoaméricana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede México, y Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla)

  • Elizondo-Lara, Maikol

    (Merck Pharmaceutical)

Abstract

This paper uses the subjective well-being approach to value the personal cost of illnesses. The approach becomes an alternative to traditional valuation methodologies based on revealed and stated preferences. The paper shows that illnesses reduce health satisfaction, while income is positively related to it. Hence, it is possible to calculate the compensatory income which is required in the presence of an illness so as to keep health satisfaction constant. This computation is an estimate of the monetary valuation of the illness, and it can be interpreted as the monetary value of the benefits from programs which aim to correct or avoid health problems. The empirical illustration is based on data from representative surveys run in Costa Rica. The illustration values four diagnosed illnesses.// Este artículo utiliza el enfoque de bienestar subjetivo para evaluar el costo personal de una enfermedad. El enfoque constituye una opción a metodologías basadas en preferencias reveladas y enunciadas. Parte de que la presencia de enfermedad deteriora la satisfacción con la salud de las personas, mientras que aumentos en el ingreso mejoran esa satisfacción. Por tanto, es posible calcular el ingreso compensatorio ante la presencia de enfermedad de manera que la satisfacción con la salud permanezca constante. Este cálculo indica el valor monetario de la enfermedad, y puede interpretarse también como el valor monetario de los beneficios provenientes de programas que corrigen o evitan un problema de salud. La ilustración empírica se basa en datos de encuestas representativas nacionales realizadas en Costa Rica. La aplicación del enfoque se ilustra con base en la evaluación de cuatro enfermedades diagnosticadas.

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  • Rojas, Mariano & Elizondo-Lara, Maikol, 2011. "La evaluación de enfermedades. Un enfoque de bienestar subjetivo," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(311), pages 527-545, julio-sep.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:78:y:2011:i:311:p:527-545
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v78i311.146
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    salud; enfermedad; bienestar subjetivo; evaluación; Costa Rica Classification-JEL: I1;
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    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health

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