The caregiving bind: Concealing the demands of informal care can undermine the caregiving identity
β Scribed by Moore, Helen; Gillespie, Alex
- Book ID
- 125797983
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 619 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0277-9536
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## Abstract This paper reports the results of the application of the contingent valuation method (CVM) to determine a monetary value of informal care. We discuss the current practice in valuing informal care and a theoretical model of the costs and benefits related to the provision of informal care
The incorporation of informal care into economic evaluations of health care is troublesome. The debate focuses on the valuation of time spent on informal caregiving, while time measurement, a related and may be even a more important issue, tends to be neglected. Valid time measurement is a necessary