10.15131/shef.data.11914131.v1
Clara Mukuria
Clara
Mukuria
Simon Dixon
Simon
Dixon
Donna Rowen
Donna
Rowen
Monica Hernandez
Monica
Hernandez
Examining productivity losses associated with health related quality of life using patient data (2014)
The University of Sheffield
2020
Productivity Loss Related
quality of life
Health Economics
2020-03-01 16:29:01
Poster
https://orda.shef.ac.uk/articles/poster/Examining_productivity_losses_associated_with_health_related_quality_of_life_using_patient_data_2014_/11914131
<p>Economic evaluation combines information on costs and
benefits to inform priority setting in health care and to inform decisions on
the reimbursement of health care interventions. Costs are typically the direct
costs of providing health care but can also include indirect costs which occur
as a result of having poor health. One such indirect cost is the cost
associated with lost productivity in both paid and unpaid work. The inclusion
of productivity costs in economic evaluation has the potential to have an impact
on the decisions on whether or not to recommend or fund an intervention. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Productivity loss has been measured by asking patients to
report the time off work/normal activities due to poor health. However, this
information is not collected in all trials or observational studies. A
different approach would be to predict the number of days off work/normal
activities associated with different levels of health related quality of life
(HRQoL). This approach has been undertaken using Dutch respondents based on
hypothetical health states (Krol et al, 2013) but not UK patient data.</p>