MEASURING THE UNMEASURABLE - THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY-OF-LIFE MEASUREMENT IN ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS OF SLEEP DISORDER TREATMENT

Authors
VONDERSCHULENBURG JMG
Citation
Jmg. Vonderschulenburg, MEASURING THE UNMEASURABLE - THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY-OF-LIFE MEASUREMENT IN ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS OF SLEEP DISORDER TREATMENT, European psychiatry, 10, 1995, pp. 95-98
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
European psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09249338
Volume
10
Year of publication
1995
Supplement
3
Pages
95 - 98
Database
ISI
SICI code
0924-9338(1995)10:<95:MTU-TR>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Sleep disorder is a widespread chronic disease. Its treatment and the disease itself causes losses to society, eg treatment cost and cost of sick leaves. On the other hand an appropriate treatment increases pat ients' quality of life and work productivity. The basic methods for ev aluating the costs and benefits of treating sleep disorders are descri bed.