Introduction: In a recent report, the American Heart Association estimated that medical costs
and productivity losses of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are expected to grow from …

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 …

Objective Our objective was to examine perspective and costing approaches used in cost-
effectiveness analyses (CEAs) and the distribution of reported incremental cost …

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

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 and Purpose—The aim of this article was to analyze the likelihood of receiving
informal care after a stroke and to study the burden and risk of burnout of primary caregivers …

Health care interventions may affect the health of patients' family networks. It has been
suggested that these “health spillovers” should be included in economic evaluation, but …

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 …

Background Productivity costs can form a large and influential component of total costs in an
economic evaluation taking a societal perspective. In calculating productivity costs …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions of people
worldwide, and its incidence is expected to rise due to the aging of the global population …