Dear recipient
I am involved in a cost analysis to complement a RCT of treatment
alternatives for stage II-III breast cancer. In addition to those on
NHS resource use, data have been collected on costs borne by PATIENTS
and their RELATIVES / CARERS.
Patients have answered the questions reproduced below and I should
be
grateful for any advice on how I might value these items in monetary
terms , for example - where I might find suitable, published values
that would allow me to estimate the value of the following, from both
the perspective of
i. the patient & carers
ii. society:
(a) travel costs
(b) forgone working time
(c) forgone household production
(d) forgone leisure time
If you could reply to me directly please, I will return a summary of
replies to the lists in 2 weeks.
Many thanks in advance
KH
The questions:
1. How many times have you visited hospital in last six months, by
a. private vehicle
b. taxi
c. public transport
d. other (please specify)
2. How far away from the hospital do you live (miles) ?
3. While you were in hospital, how many visits did you receive from
relatives or friends ?(If 3 people visited you at the same time please
count this as 3 visits)
4. Over the last six months how much time did you lose from your
regular activities as a result of your treatment and recovery?
a. days of paid work
b. days of unpaid work
c. days of other activities, eg leisure
5. Over the last six months have you been assisted and cared for by a
relative or friend ?
6. If yes, please estimate the number of full days the person(s) lost
from their usual activities as a result of caring for you
a. days of paid work
b. days of unpaid work
c. days of other activities, eg leisure
7. Over the last six months were you visited by or did you visit a
professional carer giver other than your normal hospital appointment
?
a. Breast cancer nurse
b. MacMillan nurse
c. GP
d. District nurse
e. Social services
f. Other (please specify)
Yours faithfully
Kaisa Heikkinen
MSc Student
Dept. Economics
University of York
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