%0 Journal Article %A Kirigia, Joses Muthuri %A Muthuri, Rose Nabi Deborah Karimi %T The Dollar Value of Human Life Losses Associated With COVID-19 in Canada %J Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Research %V 6 %N 0 %U http://pbr.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-351-en.html %R 10.18502/pbr.v6i(S2).5660 %D 2020 %K Coronavirus, Gross domestic product, Value of life, Canada, %X Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to cause morbidity and premature mortality and ravage the socio-economic sectors in Canada. Objectives: The study aimed to appraise the Total Dollar Value of Human Life Losses (TDVHL) associated with COVID-19 in Canada. Methods: The net output approach was applied in the dollar valuation of the 8810 human life losses associated with COVID-19 in Canada as of July 16, 2020. The economic model was rerun assuming 3%, 5%, and 10% discount rates with Canada’s life expectancy of 83 years, the world’s average life expectancy of 73 years, the world’s highest average life expectancy of 88 years, and a 3% discount rate. Results: The human lives lost to COVID-19 had an estimated value of the international dollar (Int$) 2037021173 and an average of Int$ 231217 per human life lost. Quebec and Ontario provinces alone accounted for 94.99% of the TDVHL. Reanalysis of the economic model with discount rates of 5% and 10% resulted in declines in TDVHL of Int$ 192721390 (9%) and Int$ 530132423 (26%), respectively. Substitution of the nation with the word’s average life expectancy shrank the TDVHL by Int$ 1754972473 (86%) while applying the world’s highest life expectancy triggered a growth in the TDVHL of Int$ 498674987 (24%). Conclusion: The average value of human life lost is 4-fold the gross domestic product per capita for Canada. %> http://pbr.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-351-en.pdf %P 93-104 %& 93 %! %9 Short Communication %L A-10-852-2 %+ African Sustainable Development Research Consortium (ASDRC), Nairobi, Kenya. %G eng %@ 2423-4486 %[ 2020