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标题：The Marginal Cost of Saving a Life in Health Care: Age, Gender and Regional Differences in Switzerland
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作者：Stefan Felder ; Andreas Werblow
期刊名称：Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
出版年度：2009
卷号：145
期号：2
页码：137-153
DOI：10.1007/BF03399278
摘要：This paper estimates the marginal cost of saving a life using age- and gender-specific health care expenditures and mortality rates of the 26 Swiss cantons for the period 1997 to 2006. It shows almost triple the marginal cost of saving a life for women as compared to men, reflecting a lower marginal elasticity of medical inputs, a lower mortality rate and higher spending on health care for women. Medical technology does not differ across cantons while the marginal cost of saving a life does. Wealthy cantons spend more on saving a life at the margin and show a smaller gender gap in longevity.
关键词：Marginal cost of saving a life ; value of a statistical life ; gender ; health production ; regional diversity