The calculation model values health gains at €50,000 per QALY, the ZonMw reference value for a quality-adjusted life year in prevention. The item captures the healthier food and the daily structure that a food initiative offers its participants.
A QALY stands for a year in good health; the reference value indicates what society is willing to spend on it. By using this public benchmark, the model follows the way government values prevention. The health side of healthy and accessible food is thus expressed in the same unit as elsewhere in care policy. Source: Rekenmodel voedselinitiatief (MKBA Food), New Economy.