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 …

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 …

Objective Given the significant costs of reduced productivity (presenteeism) in comparison to
absenteeism, and overall societal costs, presenteeism has a potentially important role to …

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

Introduction Productivity loss may contribute to a large proportion of costs of health
conditions in an economic evaluation from a societal perspective, but there is currently a …

Objectives This study aimed (1) to perform a systematic literature review of instruments for
measuring productivity loss of paid and unpaid work and (2) to assess the suitability (in …

Background: Human-capital based lifetime productivity estimates are frequently used in cost-
of-illness (COI) analyses and, less commonly, in cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) …

Objectives Lost unpaid work and leisure time of patients due to ill health often are not
included in economic evaluations, even in those taking a societal perspective. This study …

Background Inclusion of productivity losses and gains in cost-effectiveness analyses for
drugs is recommended by pharmacoeconomic guidelines in some countries and is …