A Systematic Review of Methods and Practice for Integrating Maternal, Fetal, and Child Health Outcomes, and Family Spillover Effects into Cost-Utility Analyses

R Lamsal, E Yeh, E Pullenayegum, WJ Ungar - PharmacoEconomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Maternal-perinatal interventions delivered during pregnancy or childbirth have
unique characteristics that impact the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the mother …

The carer QALY trap and altruism in economic evaluations

JM Tilford, A Tarlan - PharmacoEconomics, 2023 - Springer
The idea that carer quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) should be included as a measure of
outcome valuation for patient interventions to treat or prevent health conditions, is now …

How Does Bereavement Affect the Health-Related Quality of Life of Household Members Who Do and Do Not Provide Unpaid Care? Difference-in-Differences …

B Pennington, M Hernández Alava, M Strong - PharmacoEconomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Guidelines for modelling in economic evaluation recommend that it may be
necessary to consider costs and outcomes until all modelled patients have died. Some …

Economic Evaluations of Treatments for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: The Caregiver QALY Trap

E Landfeldt, H Sandhu - PharmacoEconomics, 2024 - Springer
Unpaid family caregivers are responsible for the vast majority of the long-term, day-to-day
care of chronically ill patients [1]. It is well documented that the provision of informal care can …

Could or Should We Use Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds in the French Value-Based Pricing Process for New Drugs?

S Ghabri - PharmacoEconomics, 2024 - Springer
Many countries have developed some form of 'value-based pricing (VBP)'to establish the
prices of innovative health products. VBP avoids the use of a 'cost-based'approach that …

Food for thought: more explicit guidance for inclusion of caregiver perspectives in health technology assessment

S Bourke, C Skedgel, Y Martí-Gil… - International journal of …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Caregivers can play an important role in supporting and caring for people with progressive,
life-threatening, or debilitating conditions. However, this supportive role can expose …