A cost-minimization study of cancer patients requiring a narcotic infusion in hospital and at home

Effects of Caregiving on Employment and Economic Costs of Chinese Family Caregivers in Canada

“…At an individual level, the time required for caring for a frail elderly relative often amounts to a full-time job (Schulz et al 2003). Family caregivers took more time off from work, were more often interrupted at work due to family matters, missed more days at work, worked fewer hours than desired, and took more time off without pay, than their coworkers who are non-caregivers (Addington-Hall et al 1992;Brienbaum and ClarkeSteffen 1992;Brooks 1989;Covinsky et al 1994;Ferris et al 1991;Grunfeld 1997;Neal et al 1988;Scharlach and Boyd 1989;Schulz et al 2003;Stommel et al 1993;Stone et al 1987). Researchers also found that productivity at work was affected by those workers who were family caregivers as they often reported being slower, less effective, and experiencing more problems at work (Enright and Firss 1987;Neal et al 1988).…”

Pharmacoeconomics of pain management

“…The cost of opioid infusion in inpatient versus outpatient treatment has been studied [6]. In this study the savings per day amounted to $219 (Canadian $) in favor of outpatient treatment, but the work expended by the family to care for the patient at home was not taken into account.…”

Cost of home palliative care compared with conventional hospital care for patients with haematological cancers in Greece

“…Re cent stud ies have shown that can cer pa tients as well as their friends and fam ilies pre fer pal lia tive care in a home en viron ment, par tic u lar ly in the fi nal months of life [15,17, 26]. There is also a grow ing body of ev i dence that home is the preferred site of death [27].A num ber of stud ies have eval u at ed the ef fec tive ness [4,9,20] and costs [5,14] of such schemes. The ev i dence in the lit era ture sug gests that home pal lia tive care is safe and well ac cept ed by pa tients and rela tives [23].…”

“…A num ber of stud ies have eval u at ed the ef fec tive ness [4,9,20] and costs [5,14] of such schemes. The ev i dence in the lit era ture sug gests that home pal lia tive care is safe and well ac cept ed by pa tients and rela tives [23].…”

“…An oth er sys tem at ic re view [20] for pa tients with in cur able can cer con clud ed that its im pact on qual i ty of life re mains un clear. With re gard to costs it ap pears that home pal lia tive care is cheap er than con ven tion al care [5,14]. The lit er a ture sug gests that can cer pa tients un der go ing home pal lia tive treat ment con sume few er health care re sources than pa tients re ceiving stan dard care [18].…”