The Valuation of Informal Care in Cost-of-Illness Studies: A Systematic Review.

摘要: There is a growing interest in incorporating informal care cost-of-illness studies as relevant part of the economic impact some diseases. The aim this paper was to review recent literature valuating costs group selected diseases from 2005 2015. We carried out systematic on care, focusing six diseases: arthritis or osteoarthritis, cancer, dementia, mental diseases, multiple sclerosis and stroke. 91 articles. average weight attributed cost over total highly for stroke, cancer sclerosis. most frequent valuation method applied opportunity method, followed by proxy good method. annual presented high variability depending disease geographic location. Distinguishing type illness, with highest value caregiving illness hourly unit €11.43 (2015 values), varying noticeably This identifies several aspects that should be enhanced promote comparability between countries, it sends key messages adequately measure