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 …

As people continue to age and receive complex health care services at home, concern has
arisen about the availability of family caregivers and their ability to combine employment …

Abstract Background The American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, and North American Association of Central Cancer …

Background Productivity losses often contribute significantly to the total costs in economic
evaluations adopting a societal perspective. Currently, no consensus exists on the …

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to estimate the current lifetime economic burden of
traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) in Canada from a societal perspective, including both …

Objective. To estimate the direct and indirect arthritis-attributable costs to individuals with
disabling hip and/or knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods. An established population cohort …

Productivity costs occur when the productivity of individuals is affected by illness, treatment,
disability or premature death. The objective of this paper was to review past and current …

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 …

The recent growth of the home care sector combined with societal and demographic
changes have given rise to concerns about the adequacy of the supply of family and friend …

Objective Many stroke survivors experience poststroke spasticity and the related inability to
perform basic activities, which necessitates patient management and treatment, and exerts a …