care and public health. Four papers provide the basis for the analysis. Paper I contains an
application of a typical cost-effectiveness analysis, where the cost per QALY for an injury
prevention strategy is assessed. Paper II reviews and analyzes the literature on estimates of
the willingness to pay for a QALY. Paper III describes the burden of injury fatalities both in
terms of 'number of fatalities' as well as 'sum of potential years of life lost', to study the priority …