Sunday, 21 June 2009

Opportunity Cost and the price of life

The BBC has followed the assessment of a new drug by NICE for use in the NHS. The clear problem for them is 'is it worth the money?' However how can you put a price on life.

This is relevent to the concepts of opportunity cost and the assessment of the value of life for Cost-Benefit Analysis.

The Price of Life

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