Table 1.
Sources of data
Cost-utility analysis | Cost-benefit analysis | |||
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Cost | Utility | Cost | Benefit | |
Variable/outcome | Cost of treatment | Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALY) | Cost of treatment Primary health care consumption |
Employment Individual labour income Family labour income |
Source of information | Financialaccounts (organisation) | Questionnaire data: WHOQOL-Bref [27] | Financial accounts (organisation) Population registers (Statistics Denmark) |
Population registers (Statistics Denmark) |
Time period | 2001 (representative year for individual treatment cost) | 2001–2004 Patients were enrolled in the study at differing times and data collected at baseline, 9 and 23 months. | 2001–2014 | 2001–2014 |