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Table 3 Value of life in the Netherlands

From: Resource allocation in public sector programmes: does the value of a life differ between governmental departments?

No

Area

Source

Relevance

Type of estimate

Stated value (€)

Year

2019/2020 Value* (€)

VOLY (€)

VSL (€)

QALY (€)

1

Health

ZIN

Treatments with proportional QALY shortfall of 0.10–0.40

QALY

20,000

2015

20,000

18,399

671,639

20,000

2

Health

ZIN

Treatments with proportional QALY shortfall of 0.41–0.70

QALY

50,000

2015

50,000

45,998

1,679,098

50,000

3

Health

ZIN

Treatments with proportional QALY shortfall of 0.71–1.00

QALY

80,000

2015

80,000

73,597

2,686,557

80,000

4

Transport

OEEI Guideline

Values for transport infrastructure projects: European average from an OECD publication

VPF

1,500,000

1998

1,500,000

48,553

1,500,000

52,777

5

Environment

CE Delft

Valuing life lost due to air pollution (though VOLY is preferred)

VSL

2,400,000

2012

2,400,000

77,685

2,400,000

84,443

6

Environment

CE Delft

Valuing the health impact of environmental pollution

VOLY

70,000

2015

74,244

74,244

2,293,699

80,703

7

Other

SEO

Values for social cost–benefit analysis in the social domain

QALY

50,000–100,000

2015

50,000–100,000

45,998–91,996

1,679,098–3,358,196

50,000–100,000

8

Other

CE Delft

Central estimate of the range for social cost–benefit analysis in the social domain

QALY

70,000

2015

70,000

64,397

2,350,737

70,000

  1. *Values were only updated to 2019/2020 values if they were not already up to date, and if guidance suggests that this is required/appropriate. Only the values in italics were adjusted. Values in bold are the original values, after adjustments. A discount rate of 1.5% and life expectancy of 81.1 were used in calculations. All values are in local currency