The Discounted Value of Human Lives Lost Due to COVID-19 in France
F1000Research 2020, 9:1247 Last updated: 06 SEP 2021 RESEARCH ARTICLE The discounted value of human lives lost due to COVID-19 in France [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] Joses Muthuri Kirigia 1, Rose Nabi Deborah Karimi Muthuri 2, Lenity Honesty Kainyu Nkanata1, Newton Gitonga Muthuri3 1Department of Research, African Sustainable Development Research Consortium (ASDRC), Nairobi, Kenya 2Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa 3Chandaria School of Business, United States International University – Africa, Nairobi, Kenya v1 First published: 15 Oct 2020, 9:1247 Open Peer Review https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26975.1 Latest published: 15 Oct 2020, 9:1247 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26975.1 Reviewer Status Invited Reviewers Abstract Background: This study estimates the total discounted value of 1 2 human lives lost (TDVHL) due to COVID-19 in France as of 14 September 2020. version 1 Methods: The human capital approach (HCA) model was used to 15 Oct 2020 report report estimate the TDVHL of the 30,916 human lives lost due to COVID-19 in France; i.e., assuming a discount rate of 3% and the national average 1. Patricia Akweongo , University of Ghana, life expectancy at birth of 83.13 years. To test the robustness of the estimated TDVHL, the model was rerun (a) using 5% and 10% discount Legon, Ghana rates, while holding the French average life expectancy constant; and (b) consecutively substituting national life expectancy with the world 2. Neda Soleimanvandiazar , Iran average life expectancy of 73.2 years and the world highest life University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran expectancy of 88.17 years.
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