Abstract Cost-of-illness (COI) studies often include the 'indirect'cost of lost production
resulting from disease, disability, and premature death, which is an important component of …

In economic evaluations of health care interventions, benefits are often expressed in terms
of Quality-Adjusted Life-Years (QALYs). The QALY comprises length and quality of life into …

Objectives Dutch health economic guidelines include a costing manual, which describes
preferred research methodology for costing studies and reference prices to ensure high …

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 …

Productivity costs are frequently omitted from economic evaluations, despite their often
strong impact on cost-effectiveness outcomes. This neglect may be partly explained by the …

Importance Cardiac telerehabilitation (CTR) has been found to be a safe and beneficial
alternative to traditional center-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) and might be associated …

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused millions of infections and deaths worldwide, forced
schools to suspend classes, workers to work from home, many to lose their livelihoods, and …

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 …

Background Over the past decades, informal care has increased in most OECD-countries.
Informal care is costly to caregivers and to society in the form of lost income and direct costs …