The Importance of Skin Disease as Assessed by “Willingness-To-Pay”

Parks, Lauren; Balkrishnan, Rajesh; Hamel-Gariépy, L; Feldman, Steven R.

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“…In Thailand, the cost of melasma treatment is not covered by any payment scheme. The WTP for cosmetic dermatological procedures promises to become an increasingly relevant issue as the prevalence of these procedures, which by definition require out-of-pocket expenditure, continues to increase [ 24 ]. Preference-based quality of life measurements (WTP and TTO) have the advantage that they provide easy to compare numerical values across different disease states and demonstrate the detrimental effects of a disease on quality of life to those who manage resource allocation and funding.…”

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Measuring melasma patients' quality of life using willingness to pay and time trade-off methods in thai population

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BackgroundMelasma is a common hyperpigmentation disorder that has a significant effect on an individual's quality of life. However, there is no preference-based measurement that reflects quality of life in patients with melasma. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of melasma on quality of life by using a health status measurement - the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) - and a preference-based measurement - Willingness to Pay (WTP) and Time Trade-Off (TTO).MethodsA cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted. Seventy-eight patients with melasma who attended the melasma clinic at Siriraj Hospital from February to March 2009 were recruited in this study. The Thai version of the DLQI, questionnaires about WTP, standard TTO, and daily TTO were used to assess patients' quality of life.ResultsSeventy-seven (98.7%) patients were female with a mean age of 47.8 ± 7.9 years. The mean health utility based on standard TTO was 0.96. The utility obtained by the daily TTO method was 0.92 and was significantly correlated with an economically inactive occupation (p < 0.05). The mean monthly WTP for the most effective treatment was 1,157 baht (7.2% of monthly income), ranging from 100 to 5,000 baht (1 USD ~ 35.1 baht). The WTP was significantly correlated with monthly personal income and the total DLQI score.ConclusionThe WTP method could be a useful tool with which to measure the quality of life of patients with melasma.

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“…Skin conditions can adversely affect almost every aspect of a persons' life. Common psychological distress associated with skin diseases include depression, low self-esteem as well as occupational and social problems [5].…”

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“…Chronic skin diseases revealed a big difference on DLQI from mild and moderate. This was expected as chronic skin disorders may be exacerbated by emotional stress, personality traits that lead to secondary psychiatric disorder [5]. However, a study reported association of high prevalence of suicidal by certain dermatologic disorders may not always be commensurate with clinical severity of skin disorder [24].…”

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The impact of skin disorders on patients’ quality of life in Malaysia

YW¹

2019

J Clin Intensive Care Med

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Background: Skin diseases is a common worldwide problem. It affected every aspect of patients' quality of life (QOL) mainly physically, socially and psychologically. Objectives: to assess the impact of skin disorders on patients' quality of life and to identify factors associated with it. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted in outpatient dermatology clinic of a tertiary hospital in Malaysia. A random sample of 145 patients with acne, psoriasis and atopic dermatitis (AD) were interviewed using DLQI questionnaire during their scheduled follow-up appointments at dermatology clinic. Main outcome measure: Self-reported patients' QOL due to their skin diseases. Results and discussion: Out of three skin diseases psoriasis patients had the highest prevalence (39.3%) followed by AD (34.5%) and acne (26.2%). Patients' QOL was highly infl uenced by their skin conditions especially on working/schooling domain. Furthermore, several factors were identifi ed, namely age, working environment, concurrent skin diseases, usage of supplement for skin diseases and type of food as aggravating factors-that may infl uence patients' QOL. QOL among females and younger adults was found to be more signifi cantly infl uenced as compared to males and elderly. With respect to working environment, those who had both indoor and outdoor working environment showed the highest impact of their skin conditions on their QOL. Single patients were more infl uenced by their skin conditions when compared to those who are married, however it was not signifi cant. Conclusion: Our fi ndings revealed skin disease had negatively impacted individual QOL with different level of aspects. Among the three diseases, AD patients had the worst impact on QOL. Signifi cant predictors of QOL did not relate solely to skin diseases but also other factors such as type of food and working environment.

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“…Beside time trade‐off and willingness‐to‐accept, WTP is one approach for evaluating health benefits. It is defined as the maximum amount a person would be willing to pay for a certain good or treatment 7 …”

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Willingness-to-pay and patient-defined benefits in the treatment of hyperhidrosis: results from the first German health services research study in hyperhidrosis

Müller

Augustin²

2013

British Journal of Dermatology

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The Importance of Skin Disease as Assessed by “Willingness-To-Pay”

Abstract: Willingness to pay for relief from skin diseases is comparable to that for relief of other serious medical conditions. Skin diseases are associated with a significant adverse impact on patients' lives.

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Measuring melasma patients' quality of life using willingness to pay and time trade-off methods in thai population

Measuring melasma patients' quality of life using willingness to pay and time trade-off methods in thai population

The impact of skin disorders on patients’ quality of life in Malaysia

Willingness-to-pay and patient-defined benefits in the treatment of hyperhidrosis: results from the first German health services research study in hyperhidrosis

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