Meeting

Meeting #2: Evaluating Measures of Health Benefits for Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation

When:

Tuesday, November 30, 2004 (8:30 AM)

Where:

Keck Center • 500 Fifth St. NW, Washington, DC 20001 Map

Topic(s):

Health Services, Coverage, and Access, Public Health, Quality and Patient Safety

Activity:

Evaluating Measures of Health Benefits for Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation

Board(s):

Board on Health Care Services

The Institute of Medicine Committee to Evaluate Measures of Health Benefits for Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation held a one-day workshop in Washington, D.C. on November 30, 2004 in room 100 of the Keck Building of the National Academies, 500 5^th Street, NW. The workshop was open to the public. The workshop started at 8:30 am and concluded at 5:30 pm. The committee heard presentations from several panels of invited experts who discussed the measurement of health-related quality of life (HRQL); ethical considerations in the use of HRQL measures and general cost-effectiveness analysis; and research needs and directions in valuing health in regulatory applications of cost-effectiveness analysis.