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Polish Valuation of Life Year gained in the Context of Air Pollution

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Markiewicz O., Czajkowski M., Bartczak A., Markowska A.

Ekonomia. Rynek, Gospodarka, Społeczeństwo

2007

issue 19

194-208

The article touches the problem how to valuate such specific goods as human health and life. The study provides the results of the first Polish valuation of life year gained (VOLY) in the context of air pollution on the level of 32,0-70,4 thousand PLN. Presented contingent valuation method survey was conducted within the European Commission 'NEEDS' project. Common questionnaire was implemented in 8 European countries: Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain, Denmark. Poland's research was conducted by Warsaw Ecological Economics Centre in 2004-2006. The monetary indicators can be used in decisive processes in health care and environmental protection sectors. Taking into account first Polish experiences in valuation of life year and trends in development of valuation methods, some directions for future research in this field have been outlined

Factors determining satisfaction of elderly people's caregivers with the home care they provide

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Sierakowska M., Doroszkiewicz H., Markowska A., Lewko J., Krajewska-Kułak E.

Progress in Health Sciences

2014

vol. 4

issue 2

82-87

Introduction: Family is the basic institution providing informal care to elderly and disabled individuals. Purpose: To present care situations encountered by persons providing home care to an elder, the caregivers’ needs for support and the factors determining their satisfaction with the care they provide. Materials and methods: The study was conducted at the Geriatric Ward of the Hospital of the Ministry of Interior in Bialystok among 105 home caregivers of the elderly. A diagnostics survey was based on an original survey questionnaire and the COPE Index. Functional capacity in the elderly (N=100) was determined based on the Barthel ADL (activities' in daily living) Index and the category of nursing care (category, I-III). The analysis covered also the pressure sore risk assessment (the Norton Scale). Results: The analysis based on the Barthel ADL Index showed that over 30.0% of the elderly individuals were given up to 40 points in the nursing assessment (seriously disabled). Almost all patients – 97.0% qualified to the 3rd category of nursing care. 64.0% of the elderly had an increased risk of pressure sore development (the Norton Scale). The problems connected with providing home care listed by caregivers included the lack of time, disability of the elder and locomotion difficulties. The analysis based on the Cope Index showed a positive relationship between the caregiver’s age (r=0.216), education (r=0.196), the distance from the elder’s home (r=0.216), the quality of received support (r=0.554), and the satisfaction in the care provided. Conclusions: Caregivers reported the need for different forms of support. Higher education, longer distance from home and the quality of received support were significantly associated with higher satisfaction with caregiving.

Lake Water Quality Valuation - Benefit Transfer Approach vs. Empirical Evidence

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Markiewicz O., Czajkowski M., Bartczak A., Markowska A., Scasny M., Melichar J., Skopkova H.

Ekonomia. Rynek, Gospodarka, Społeczeństwo

2007

issue 19

156-193

The paper reports research in benefit transfer validity between Norway and two New Member States of EU - Poland and the Czech Republic. Based on the original eutrophication contingent valuation study conducted in Norway in 1994, repeated later in Norway (1997) and Germany (2000), two studies were conducted in Poland and the Czech Republic in 2005 in which the authors ask residents for willingness-to-pay for a hypothetical improvement of water quality in a lake which is strongly euthrophicated and therefore not usable for all recreational activities. The studies were designed in a way that would match the Norwegian original as closely as possible, with regard to site selection, scenario, payment vehicle and even the questionnaire design. The experience gained and the data collected serves to test for possibilities for future BT from Western European countries to new EU Member States as well as between two new member countries. Naive single benefit transfer yields the largest error rates. Transfers adjusted by purchasing power decrease these errors, however, they still remain very large. The error rates are more reduced by transfer benefit function and particularly after adjustments by income elasticities. Following authors' best transfer, the lowest error remains as high as 30%. Error rates for transferring benefits from Norwegian 1997-study which is just comparable with the Czech and Polish one from even after purchasing power adjustments remain. The paper summarizes the process of collecting data and results, analyzes main differences between the original and two latter studies as well as between the new studies. Finally, value transfer and function transfer are conducted and followed by validity tests.

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2 Ekonomia. Rynek, Gospodarka, Społeczeństwo

1 Progress in Health Sciences

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3 Markowska A.

2 Bartczak A.

2 Czajkowski M.

2 Markiewicz O.

1 Doroszkiewicz H.

1 Krajewska-Kułak E.

1 Lewko J.

1 Melichar J.

1 Scasny M.

1 Sierakowska M.

1 Skopkova H.

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Polish Valuation of Life Year gained in the Context of Air Pollution

Factors determining satisfaction of elderly people's caregivers with the home care they provide

Lake Water Quality Valuation - Benefit Transfer Approach vs. Empirical Evidence