APPROACHES TO ESTIMATING INDIRECT COSTS IN HEALTHCARE: MOTIVATIONS FOR CHOICE
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Published:2022-01-01
Issue:Volume 21, Vol 21, No 1 (2022)
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Page:17-45
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ISSN:2519-4070
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Container-title:Vol 21, No 1 (2022)
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Short-container-title:JEE
Author:
MENNINI Francesco Saverio1ORCID, GITTO Lara2ORCID
Affiliation:
1. University of Rome «Tor Vergata» Italy 2. University of Messina Italy
Abstract
When performing health economic evaluations all costs and expected benefits (in terms of clinical effectiveness, utility, monetary benefits) should be taken into account. Costs are direct and indirect: concerning the latter, two main methods have been developed. The Human Capital Approach (HCA) considers the gross salary in the days of absence from work due to illness; the method based on the Friction Costs (FC), instead, considers equally the value of productivity, but the losses are limited to the period of illness when it is necessary to replace the absent worker. This paper conducts a review of the literature contributions for European countries and aims at identifying common trends within geographical areas. Estimation of indirect costs in different European areas may reflect the real cost of health services across countries and schematize the conditions under which a certain method should be preferred. Overall, cost analyses applying HCA are the most frequent, while studies based on FC are more common in the Netherlands, where this method had been developed. The reasons to apply HCA or FC may depend on the institutional context, for example, the flexibility in the job market, and the epidemiologic environment.
Publisher
West Ukrainian National University
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