Background There is a growing interest in incorporating informal care in cost-of-illness
studies as a relevant part of the economic impact of some diseases. Objective The aim of …

Background A growing body of research has identified health-related quality-of-life effects
for caregivers and family members of ill patients (ie 'spillover effects'), yet these are rarely …

This study describes the impact of caregiving on parents of children with autism spectrum
disorders (ASDs). Secondly, we investigate construct validation of the care-related quality of …

'Extra-welfarism'has received some attention in health economics, yet there is little
consensus on what distinguishes it from more conventional 'welfarist economics'. In this …

The societal perspective in economic evaluations dictates that costs and effects of informal
care are included in the analyses. However, this incorporation depends on practically …

This paper compares several applied valuation methods for including informal care in
economic evaluations of healthcare programmes: the proxy good method; the opportunity …

Economic evaluations of health interventions aim to support decision making in healthcare.
To effectively do so, evaluations need to include all relevant costs and effects of an …

Background Our ageing society is putting tremendous strain on public health and welfare
programs to meet the needs of ageing individuals. Promoting informal caregiving is one way …

This paper estimates the impact of informal caregiving on self-reported well-being. It uses a
sample of 23,285 respondents of the first eleven waves of the Household, Income and …

Objective Theory and guidelines advocating the inclusion of informal care in economic
evaluation have, in recent years, been accompanied by developments in the methods for …