That’s also simply not true because EAs use off-the-shelf DALY/QALY estimates from other organizations all the time. And this is only about health vs income tradeoffs, not health measurement, which is what QALY/DALY estimates actually do.
Edit: as a concrete example, Open Phil’s South Asian air quality report takes its DALY estimates from the State of Global Air report, which is not based on any beneficiary surveys.
That’s also simply not true because EAs use off-the-shelf DALY/QALY estimates from other organizations all the time. And this is only about health vs income tradeoffs, not health measurement, which is what QALY/DALY estimates actually do.
Edit: as a concrete example, Open Phil’s South Asian air quality report takes its DALY estimates from the State of Global Air report, which is not based on any beneficiary surveys.
Yeah, you’re right.