Measuring economic consequences of preterm birth - Methodological recommendations for the evaluation of personal burden on children and their caregivers.

This study aims to identify the impact of a preterm birth on financial and emotional burden from the families' perspective. Additionally, a comprehensive schedule of recommendations for a sufficient evaluation of all aspects of burden is developed. Based on the results of a literature search relevant categories and sub-domains for a questionnaire covering multiple aspects of associated financial and emotional burden are identified and converted into a recommendation scheme.

[Methodological standards for cost-of-illness studies using breast cancer, prostate cancer and colon cancer as an example].

Malignant neoplasia in mammary gland, prostate and colon appear at the top end of the cancer incidence and mortality statistics in Germany. In this context cost-of-illness studies are a suitable tool for quantifying disease-specific health economic consequences of disease. Their primary aim is to illustrate the economic burden of a specific disease and its implications for society and for the national economy.

Determinants of willingness to pay for a new therapy in a sample of menopausal-aged women.

Menopause is a natural physiological event that usually begins in women between the ages of 48 and 55 years. In many cases, this event is associated with unpleasant somatic-vegetative, urogenital or psychological symptoms. To test the health and social demographic factors (especially household income level) that influence willingness to pay (WTP) for a new hormone-free treatment in women of menopausal age.