Eliciting trade-offs between population health and environmental outcomes: A pilot study
Melissa Pegg 1 , Chetan Mistry 1 , Erin Barker 1 , Matthew Taylor 1 *
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1 York Health Economics Consortium, York, UK* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate whether it is possible to elicit how United Kingdom (UK) public citizens might trade off human health and environmental outcomes.
Methods: Using a representative adult population, a discrete choice experiment (DCE) was conducted on criteria impacting trade-off decisions between human health and environmental outcomes. Respondents were asked to make twelve choices that included four attributes: the impact on UK life expectancy, the impact on biodiversity, the impact on UK carbon emissions and location of environmental impacts. Data were analyzed using a conditional logit regression model.
Results: 508 respondents completed the survey. A DCE found UK public citizens are willing to forgo human health to reduce environmental harm.
Conclusions: This research demonstrated it is possible to elicit the public’s view about trade-offs between health and the environment. Moreover, the public is willing to forgo human health to reduce environmental impact, propounding the importance of healthcare sustainability.

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Article Type: Research Article

EUR J ENV PUBLIC HLT, Volume 8, Issue 4, 2024, Article No: em0163

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejeph/15212

Publication date: 01 Oct 2024

Online publication date: 26 Sep 2024

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