Direct and indirect costs of Multiple Sclerosis in Baix Llobregat (Catalonia, Spain), according to disability

Casado, Virginia; Martínez-Yélamos, Sergio; Martı́nez-Yélamos, Antonio; Carmona, Olga; Alonso, Lucía; Romero, Lucía; Moral, Esther; Gubieras, L.; Arbizu, Txomin

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-143

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“…It has e.g., been argued that there might be contextual differences for patients with MS to rely on family members or on friends for informal care, which can also affect the calculated cost for informal care [51]. As the included studies categorized informal care as an unspecified direct cost [27,34,35,52,53], as a direct nonmedical cost [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]53], presented separately from direct and indirect costs [58] or, as an indirect cost [26,57], Included cost categories, as well as e.g., proportions will differ due to methodological choices.…”

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Cost of Illness of Multiple Sclerosis - A systematic review

Ernstsson

Gyllensten

Alexanderson

et al. 2015

European Journal of Public Health

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Cost of Illness of Multiple Sclerosis - A systematic review

Ernstsson

Gyllensten

Alexanderson

et al. 2015

European Journal of Public Health

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“…3 In multiple sclerosis (MS), a number of studies have been published, including cost of illness assessments. [4][5][6][7] The availability of disease-modifying treatments (DMTs) has led to changes in patient management and to focus on earlier and better diagnosis and adjustments in the diagnostic criteria themselves. One of the consequences in this regard is that the recorded prevalence of the disease is quite different from that estimated two or three decades ago.…”

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New insights into the burden and costs of multiple sclerosis in Europe: Results for Spain

Oreja‐Guevara

Kobelt²,

Berg³

et al. 2017

Mult Scler

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Introduction:In order to estimate the value of interventions in multiple sclerosis (MS) where lifetime costs and outcomes cannot be observed, outcome data have to be combined with costs. This requires that cost data be regularly updated. Objectives and methods: This study is part of a cross-sectional retrospective study in 16 countries collecting data on resource consumption, work capacity, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and prevalent symptoms for patients with MS. Descriptive analyses are presented by level of severity, from the societal perspective, in EUR 2015.Results: A total of 462 patients (mean age 43 years) participated in Spain; 96% were below retirement age and of these, 45% were employed. Employment was related to disability, and MS affected productivity at work for 72% of those working. Overall, 92% and 64% of patients experienced fatigue and cognitive difficulties as a problem, respectively. Mean utility and total annual costs were estimated at 0.772 and €20,600 at Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) 0-3, 0.486 and €48,500 at EDSS 4-6.5 and 0.182 and €68,700 at EDSS 7-9, respectively. The mean cost of a relapse was €2050. Conclusion: This study illustrates the burden of MS on Spanish patients and provides current data that are important for development of health policies.

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“…So far, social costs have been estimated using micro data with reference to specific illnesses (Amato et al, 2002;Patti et al, 2011;Leardini et al, 2002;Casado et al, 2006;Kobelt, 2006;Kobelt et al, 2006a;Kobelt et al, 2006b;Russo et al, 2004;Naci et al, 2010). As far as we know, macro data allowing a quantification of disability costs are not available.…”

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“…In the costs of diseases analysis, evaluations of costs associated to illness are defined as social cost studies (Montanelli and Gerzeli, 2001;Amato et al, 2002;Patti et al, 2011;Leardini et al, 2002;Casado et al, 2006;Kobelt et al, 2004;Kobelt, 2006;Kobelt et al, 2006a;Kobelt et al, 2006b;Russo et al, 2004;Naci et al, 2010) 6 .…”

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Can civilian disability pensions overcome the poverty issue? A DSGE analysis for Italian data

Ferrara

2016

Qual Quant

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In Italy, poverty and disability are two strictly related issues (Parodi, 2004(Parodi, , 2006(Parodi, , 2007Parodi and Sciulli, 2008;Davila Quintana and Malo, 2012). Moreover, public transfers are not sufficient to exlude households with at least one disabled member from the poverty risk. We simulate a simple Real Business Cycle model to investigate the macroeconomic effects of a permanent increase in civilian disability pensions. In particular, we stress whether such a policy action is effective to stimulate private consumption. The exercise is implemented through both temporary and permanent reduction of public spending. Results show that in the long run a minimum increase in civilian disability pensions allows households with one disabled member to consume more and, importantly, to exit from poverty condition. In the short run we observe a policy trade-off. If public spending reduction is temporary and fast, private consumptions immediately increase but output deeply falls. On the contrary, if public spending permanently and slowly reduces, the recessionary effect softens but private consumptions only gradually increase.

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Direct and indirect costs of Multiple Sclerosis in Baix Llobregat (Catalonia, Spain), according to disability

Cited by 44 publications

References 33 publications

Cost of Illness of Multiple Sclerosis - A systematic review

Cost of Illness of Multiple Sclerosis - A systematic review

New insights into the burden and costs of multiple sclerosis in Europe: Results for Spain

Can civilian disability pensions overcome the poverty issue? A DSGE analysis for Italian data

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