Measuring and valuing patient and caregiver productivity costs: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Economic evaluations are essential for informing healthcare resource allocation. When conducted from a societal perspective, they may include productivity costs such as paid and unpaid productivity losses for patients and their caregivers. Although several methods exist to measure and value productivity costs, there is limited methodological consensus on which methods should be used. This scoping review aims to synthesise existing methods for measuring and valuing patient and caregiver productivity costs.

Methods and analysis

This review will follow the Arksey and O'Malley framework, enhanced by subsequent methodological guidance from Levac and the Joanna Briggs Institute. The six stages include identifying the research question; identifying relevant studies; se

SUBMITTER: Yeretzian ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12666143 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature