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Indirect costs are imputed values of resources lost due to the illness, including premature deaths, patient and caregiver lost productivity, and unpaid caregiving time.
This cohort represents the greatest burden of disease, particularly in economic terms (i.e., caregiver lost productivity).
Given that additional indirect costs associated with unemployment, reduced work schedule, and caregiver lost productivity have been documented in the US, 24 it is likely that the total indirect costs due to FM are even higher than those reported in this study.
Indirect costs were based on cost of caregiver lost production calculated as the unadjusted sum of instrumental and personal activities of daily living with a maximum of 540 h (employed cut-off of 65 years of age) and at the value of leisure time (retired/not employed).
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Larger components of the total cost of caring for patients living in the community are unpaid caregiving time and caregivers' lost earnings (Moore et al 2001).
One surprising study revealed that working caregivers' lost productivity (due to absenteeism, distractions and lower work status) costs employers up to $34 billion each year.
Patients and caregivers lost 3.5 days/patient-month of productivity.
The other patients and their caregivers lost 3.1 days/patient-month before enrolment, with a reduction to 0.7 days/patient-month during follow-up.
About a third of family caregivers lose most or all of their savings as a result of caregiving, studies have shown.
The percentage of idle patients and of patients and caregivers losing days of productivity decreased during the follow up period.
Caregivers lose a unique opportunity to contribute to the elimination of health disparities by treating low-income women unfairly [ 28].
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