… 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 …

… 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 …

… illustrate Rosen’s framework for quality of life based on urban amenities. For everyone to
be satisfied and remain living and working where they are, it must be true that no one has any …