Caregiver – Healthcare Economist

SHEER: Good practices for incorporating family and caregiver spillovers into health economic evaluations

2024-03-052024-03-05Jason Shafrin

Illnesses impact not only the patients, but oftentimes impact caregivers and family members as well. However, most economic analyses do not incorporate a diseases’ spillover impacts on caregivers. …a recent review of NICE evaluations revealed that only 3% of technology appraisals included caregiver health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in cost-utility analyses (CUAs). Similarly, Lamsal [2022]…

Measuring caregiver quality of life

2019-01-28Jason Shafrin3 Comments

Poor health does not just affect the patient, but also the caregiver who provide physicial, emotional and financial support for these patients. To measure the impact of a disease on patient quality of life, there are a number of metrics one can choose from such as EQ-5D-5L, EQ-5D-VAS, SF-36 among others. Some of these surveys…

Can paying for caregiver vacations save money?

2010-06-25Jason ShafrinLeave a comment

As the baby boomers age, the responsibility for the care of many of these individuals will fall to their children. For the elderly who have trouble running errands, dressing themselves, or even bathing themselves, having a family member as a caregiver can significantly improve the elderly’s quality of life. Many of these caregivers get burnt…