In order to draw a complete picture of the total morbidity costs, individually borne private costs and the costs borne collectively, . by a social security system, have to be considered. All components together constitute the social costs of morbidity. Similar to the methodological possibilities for the monetary valuation of mortality, the morbidity may be assessed with different methodological approaches. For the costs of illness (COI) containing the production loss and medical treatment costs, the damage cost approach is used. Based on market prices, it assesses all individually as well as collectively borne material costs. However, for the costs of averting-behaviour and the intangible costs, this approach.
