The Economic Value of Non-professional Care: A Europe-Wide Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This paper had two aims. Firstly, to provide a broader view of the profile of non-professional caregivers in Europe, and secondly, to estimate the economic value of the non-professional caregiving.

Methods

The European Quality of Life Survey 2016/2017, carried out by Eurofound, was used. The target population of the survey was adults who care for a relative or friend in a total of 33 European countries. The opportunity cost method was used to estimate the economic value of caregiving, in which two of the activities forgone were analysed: paid activities (restricted to caregivers who were employed), for which the average gross wage of each country was used; and unpaid activities, for which the minimum gross wage of each country was used.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Pena-Longobardo LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9808255 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature