Table 3.

Productivity cost inclusion and national health economic guidelines

Perspectives in HE guidelines	Economic evaluations	Studies including PC	% inclusion
Health care for base case	56	4	7
PC not allowed in any scenario
Health care for BC	74	4	5
PC allowed in additional scenarios
Societal	41	7	17
Societal and health care	33	4	12
Societal or health care	32	2	6
Unknown	13	1	8
Total	249	22	9

HE health economic, PC productivity costs, BC base case