How to include informal care in economic evaluations

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1105-1119

  Hoefman, Renske J ^a   Van Exel, Job ^a   Brouwer, Werner ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARE RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE; CARE RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE 7 DIMENSION; CARE RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE; CAREGIVER; CARER EXPERIENCE SCALE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONJOINT ANALYSIS; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMAL CARE; MEDICAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR CAREGIVER; QUALITY OF LIFE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

CAREGIVERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84890358996     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: 11792027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40273-013-0104-z     Document Type: Article

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