… For all cancers, the total economic burden of this disease … According to the National Institute
of Health (NIH), the total cost … /one-fourth of the total cost of cancer. Breast cancer treatment …

The standard theory of the true cost-of-living index gives a rather uncomfortable treatment to
taste and quality changes (including the introduction of new goods). The consumer is …

… In this study, quality of life, functional capacity and symptoms of 28 haemodialysis patients
with … Although it is difficult to quantify the true cost of dialysis accurately, a recent review by the …

… We also discuss the economicburden of cancer, including cost of illness, phase-specific …
quality of life as measured in global terms (disability-adjustedlife years and quality-adjusted life …

… A response to this recital of the inability of true cost-of-living theory to contribute to the …
using the elaborate theoretical concept of a true cost-of-living index. Its underlying preference-…

… cost-effectiveness analyses often do not have the resources to gather original quality-of-life
(… First, we did not subjectively rate the quality of the studies. Such a task might be particularly …

Quality of life (QoL) can be defined in many ways, making its measurement and incorporation
into scientific study difficult. As illness and its treatment affect the psychological, social and …

… Few studies quantitate the cost of a quality well being as … Quality of Well Being Index to
calculate the cost per quality of well year in knee arthroplasty surgery. The difference in Quality of …

… quality of life in medicine and health care are analysed and discussed: the motives for
measuring the quality of life, the … acceptable motive for measuring the quality of life; to identify the …

… The average total cost to society was £524 per patient over the 6-month period, with similar
values for patients aged older or younger than 65 years, although the components of the cost …