Basakha Mehdi, Soleimanvandiazar Neda, Tavangar Fateh, Daneshi Shabnam
Department of Social Welfare Management, School of Education Sciences and Social Welfare, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Social Determinants of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Iran J Public Health. 2021 Feb;50(2):384-390. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v50i2.5357.
The human life value is among the most important challenges of the health economic evaluation. This limitation has reduced the feasibility of applying the cost-benefit method in evaluations of health interventions and policies. Using the human capital approach and discounted value of future earnings, the present study calculated the human capital of different age groups.
The required data were obtained using "income and expenditures of Iranian households" data in 2015 from the Statistical Center of Iran, which included the information on 19380 urban households.
According to the calculation of human capital, the maximum value of a statistical life year in the high-income group was related to the age group of 30-34 yr old (223,286 US$ equals to 9378 million Iranian Rials). The lowest value in all three groups of high, medium and low income is related to the age group of 85 and older. In addition, the economic value of statistical life year for men has been calculated as higher than that of women, however, in older age groups, the human capital of both genders have been converging.
The economic value of life for young people aged between 20 to 30 yr was higher than other demographic groups. The findings of the research help to provide a more accurate base for the cost-benefit analysis of health and social policies. Considering the economic value of the statistical life for different age groups may change policy priorities in areas related to health and life of human beings.
人的生命价值是健康经济评估中最重要的挑战之一。这一局限性降低了在健康干预措施和政策评估中应用成本效益法的可行性。本研究采用人力资本法和未来收益的贴现价值，计算了不同年龄组的人力资本。
所需数据来自伊朗统计中心2015年的“伊朗家庭收支”数据，其中包括19380个城市家庭的信息。
根据人力资本计算，高收入组中一个统计生命年的最大值与30 - 34岁年龄组相关（223,286美元，相当于93.78亿伊朗里亚尔）。高、中、低收入三组中最低值与85岁及以上年龄组相关。此外，统计生命年的经济价值男性高于女性，然而，在老年年龄组中，两性的人力资本趋于一致。
20至30岁年轻人的生命经济价值高于其他人口群体。该研究结果有助于为健康和社会政策的成本效益分析提供更准确的依据。考虑不同年龄组统计生命的经济价值可能会改变与人类健康和生活相关领域的政策重点。
