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DOT OA: |
NHTSA/NCSA |
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Preliminary Title: |
Peer Review of Final Report: Update/Uncertainty Analysis of Quality Adjusted Life Year Loss Estimate |
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Subject and Purpose: |
When NHTSA values benefits due to reductions in injuries (as part of its regulatory analyses), its estimates include a metric called “quality-adjusted life year” (QALY), which measures the value of lost quality of life associated with injuries of different severities. The QALY was last updated in 1995. This project will update this measure, and provide confidence bounds for it. This will ensure the measures are based on the newest data and methodological research, and will enable NHTSA to examine the uncertainty surrounding these estimates in formal uncertainty analysis for significant rulemakings. The QALY project is not currently associated with any particular rulemaking, but will eventually be used to value injuries in most of NHTSA rulemakings, including those that exceed $500 million. |
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Highly influential scientific information |
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Influential scientific information |
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Peer Review Plan: |
The Peer Review Plan is still being developed. The preliminary plan includes the following elements: (1) The peer review would occur during the first half of Fiscal Year 2006. (2) The review will be conducted by individual letters. (3) There will not be an opportunity for the public to comment on the work before it is peer reviewed. (4) Reviewers will not have public comments to include in their peer review. (5) We will have three peer reviewers. (6) All reviewers should have expertise with public health economics. (7) Presently, we suggest three sole-source contracts for individual peer reviewers selected by NHTSA. (8) The public will not be asked to nominate peer reviewers. |
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Contact person: |
Jonathan Walker |
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Phone: |
202-366-8571 |
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