Economic valuation of informal care provided to people after a myocardial infarction in France

Hugo Rabier,Anne-Marie Schott,Nathan Mewton,Antoine Duclos,Michel Ovize,Cyrille Colin,Norbert Nighoghossian,Hassan Serrier

doi:10.1186/s12913-019-4637-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4637-5

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BackgroundThe aim of this study was to estimate the mean cost per caregiver of informal care during the first year after myocardial infarction event in France.MethodsWe used the Handicap-Santé French survey carried out in 2008 to obtain data about MI survivors and their caregivers. After obtaining the total number of informal care hours provided by caregiver during the first year after MI event, we estimated the value of informal care using the proxy good method and the contingent valuation method.ResultsFor MI people receiving informal care, an annual mean cost was estimated at €12,404 (SD = 13,012) with the proxy good method and €12,798 (SD = 13,425) with the contingent valuation method per caregiver during the first year after myocardial infarction event.ConclusionsThe present study suggests that informal care should be included more widely in economic evaluations in order not to underestimate the cost of diseases which induce disability.

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IntroductionMany international and European studies report that informal care represents a major economic impact and a real burden for caregivers associated with chronic diseases like dementia or cancers [5,6,7,8,9]
The aim of this study was to estimate the mean cost per caregiver of informal care during the first year after myocardial infarction event in France
Many international and European studies report that informal care represents a major economic impact and a real burden for caregivers associated with chronic diseases like dementia or cancers [5,6,7,8,9]

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Many international and European studies report that informal care represents a major economic impact and a real burden for caregivers associated with chronic diseases like dementia or cancers [5,6,7,8,9]. This is not really a surprising finding for chronic diseases, but may be less suspected for acute illness such as acute coronary syndrome there are long-term effects in part due to chronic complications (namely congestive heart failure). In France, informal care valuation studies are mainly focused on Alzheimer’s Diseases and disabled elderly people [11,12,13,14]

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