Introduction Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD, septicaemia and/or meningitis) has a
severe acute and long-term burden: 5–10% of patients die within 48 h, and long-term …

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 …

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 and objective Alzheimer's disease or dementia can impose a significant burden
on family and other informal caregivers. This study investigated how the inclusion of …

Background Childhood illness can impose significant costs and health strains on family
members, but these are not routinely captured by pediatric economic evaluations. This …

The societal impacts of health interventions are seldom incorporated into health economic
evaluations, including the impact that illness can have on informal or unpaid caregivers and …

Purpose The complexity and severity of rare genetic conditions pose substantial burden to
families. While the importance of spillovers on carers' health in resource allocation decisions …

Carer quality of life is increasingly considered alongside patient quality of life in economic
evaluation. Important questions remain about how to value carer and patient quality of life …

Background Omission of family and caregiver health spillovers from the economic
evaluation of healthcare interventions remains common practice. When reported, a high …

An important issue in economic evaluations is determining whether all relevant impacts are
considered, given the perspective chosen for the analysis. Acknowledging that patients are …