From: Values for preventing influenza-related morbidity and vaccine adverse events in children
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When thinking about the following questions: |
   Do not include the costs of medical services or prescription medications. Assume these would already be covered by full insurance even if you don't have this now. |
   Do include the value of preventing the following for you or your child: pain and suffering, inconvenience, and lost time for productive activities (paid work or work in the home) or leisure time. |
Time-tradeoff Question: Think about what portion of your remaining life, if any, you would be willing to trade off from the end of your life to prevent the flu in your 1-year-old child. You can choose any amount of time in days, weeks, months or years. |
Would you be willing to trade off a portion of your remaining life in order to prevent the flu in your 1-year old child? Remember that we are asking you to imagine what portion of YOUR OWN life you would be willing to trade off to prevent influenza in YOUR CHILD. |
Willingness to Pay Question: Would you be willing to pay some amount of money to prevent an episode of the flu in your one-year-old child? |
   [If Yes] Would you be willing to pay $200? |
[If yes] Would you be willing to pay $400? |
[If no] Would you be willing to pay $100? |
What is the most you would be willing to pay? |