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Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2016 Dec 19;26(6):1379–1386. doi: 10.1007/s11136-016-1478-0

Table 3.

Total informal care burden for patients with cardiovascular disease or diabetes

Study/Year/Country	Weekly hours of informal care per person	Year of costs	Annual costs of informal care per person
Study/Year/Country	Weekly hours of informal care per person	Year of costs	Local currency in year of costs	2014 US $
Stroke
Van den Berg et al. 2006, Netherlands^** [24]	12.4 (OCA) 20.2 (PGM)	2001 €	€10,641.3 (OCA) €11,252–€17,482.4 (PGM)	16,404 (OCA)17,345–26,950 (PGM)
Riewpaiboon et al. 2009, Thailand [23]	22	2006 baht	55,711.2 baht	5,560
Jackson et al. 2013, UK^* [21]	N/A	2008 £	£84,944	143,033
Heart failure
Delgado et al. 2014, Spain^** [25]	44.9	2010 €	€7,683–€12,723 (1 year follow-up)	12,270–20,319
Diabetes mellitus
Chatterjee et al. 2011, Thailand^** [27]	14.9	2008 US $	US $446.04 (OCA) US $402.48 (PGM)	1,321 (OCA) 1,192 (PGM)

Notes:

denotes per primary caregiver costs.

^**

denotes per caregiver costs. Otherwise, it is per patient costs.

OCA=opportunity cost approach, PGM=proxy good methods.