How much does it cost to care for survivors of colorectal cancer? Caregiver’s...
AbstractPurposeCancer treatment is increasingly delivered in an outpatient setting. This may entail a considerable economic burden for family members and friends who support patients/survivors. We...
View ArticleDirect costs of radiotherapy for rectal cancer: a microcosting study
AbstractBackgroundRadiotherapy provides significant benefits in terms of reducing risk of local recurrence and death from rectal cancer. Despite this, up-to-date cost estimates for radiotherapy are...
View ArticleValuing productivity costs in a changing macroeconomic environment: the...
AbstractBackgroundThe friction cost approach (FCA) has been proposed as an alternative to the human capital approach for productivity cost valuation. However, FCA estimates are context dependent and...
View ArticleExamining the role of subjective and objective burden in carer health-related...
AbstractPurposeOur aim was to investigate associations between the subjective burden of care and health-related quality of life (both physical and mental) within colorectal cancer patient carers in...
View ArticleProductivity Losses Associated with Head and Neck Cancer Using the Human...
AbstractObjectivesPrevious studies suggest that productivity losses associated with head and neck cancer (HNC) are higher than in other cancers. These studies have only assessed a single aspect of...
View ArticleBurden and happiness in head and neck cancer carers: the role of supportive...
AbstractPurposeOur study aimed to investigate the relationship between unmet supportive care needs and carer burden and happiness, in head and neck cancer (HNC).MethodsTwo hundred eighty-five HNC...
View ArticleProjecting productivity losses for cancer-related mortality 2011 – 2030
AbstractBackgroundWhen individuals stop working due to cancer this represents a loss to society – the loss of productivity. The aim of this analysis was to estimate productivity losses associated with...
View ArticleMaking Implicit Assumptions Explicit in the Costing of Informal Care: The...
AbstractBackgroundFrom a health service perspective, informal care is often viewed as a potentially cost-effective way of transferring costs out of the formal healthcare sector. However, informal care...
View ArticleCounting the cost of cancer: out-of-pocket payments made by colorectal cancer...
AbstractPurposeCancer places a significant cost burden on health services. There is increasing recognition that cancer also imposes a financial and economic burden on patients but this has rarely been...
View ArticleBeyond care burden: associations between positive psychological appraisals...
AbstractPurposeThe burden of caring for a family member or friend can have a negative impact on caregiver health and well-being, yet caring can also have positive consequences. Understanding the...
View ArticleProblems sleeping with prostate cancer: exploring possible risk factors for...
AbstractPurposeThis study aimed to investigate the prevalence of sleeping problems in prostate cancer survivors and to explore the role of predisposing, precipitating and perpetuating factors in this...
View ArticleVariation in the methodological approach to productivity cost valuation: the...
AbstractBackgroundStandardised integration of productivity costs into health economic evaluations is hindered by equity and distributional concerns. Our aim was to explore the distributive impact of...
View ArticleFinancial toxicity associated with a cancer diagnosis in publicly funded...
AbstractPurposeFinancial toxicity related to cancer diagnosis and treatment is a common issue in developed countries. We seek to systematically summarize the extent of the issue in very high...
View ArticleEmployer survey to estimate the productivity friction period
AbstractObjectivesThe friction cost approach (FCA) is one way to estimate lost productivity, which considers the time taken to replace an employee, known as the friction period. The friction period may...
View ArticleImpact on Firm Liquidity Arising from Outsourcing Decisions as Evidenced by...
AbstractBased on transaction-cost and resource-based theories (and other approaches), there is an extensive literature on the range of factors that are viewed as relevant to the outsourcing decision....
View ArticleExperiencing financial toxicity associated with cancer in publicly funded...
AbstractPurposeUnderstanding how patients and families experience, respond to, and cope with the financial burden associated with cancer could assist in identifying future research priorities and...
View ArticleThe cost of lost productivity due to premature mortality associated with...
AbstractBackgroundEconomic cost estimates have the potential to provide a valuable alternative perspective on the COVID-19 burden. We estimate the premature mortality productivity costs associated with...
View ArticleEstimating Global Friction Periods for Economic Evaluation: A Case Study of...
AbstractBackgroundThe friction cost approach (FCA) offers an alternative to the dominant human capital approach to value productivity losses. Application of the FCA in practice is limited largely due...
View ArticleProjected Impact on Labour Productivity Costs of Cancer-Related Premature...
AbstractAimTo estimate the potential cost of lost labour productivity due to cancer-related premature mortality in Europe (EU-27 plus Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and United Kingdom) from 2018 to...
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