Alcohol dependence has multiple psychosocial implications which substantially reduce the quality of life of those suffering from the disease and the quality of life of household members and relatives. These intangible costs have however received much less attention than the direct and indirect...

Rationale: epidemiological studies suggest that air pollution causes a small loss in life expectancy (a few months with a large range from a few days to ten years) and this makes air pollution a very different case from the standard one (road accidents). For this reason, the appropriate...

The human costs of cirrhosis of the liver are valued in monetary units using a two-step procedure. In the first step, the standard gamble method is applied in order to assess a health quality index for the disease. The quality index is then converted into francs. The human costs represent the...

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