The Ambulatory and Home Care Record: A Methodological Framework for Economic Analyses in End-of-Life Care

Table 7

Care provider age/male (M) or female (F)	Total number of hours you/care provider spent providing care over the past 2 weeks	Number of hours you/care provider took away from employment over the past 2 weeks
		Unpaid leave	Sick leave	Vacation time
Female/50 yrs old	42	—	—	7.5 hrs
Male/70 yrs old	70	N/A	N/A	N/A

*NA: Not applicable because care provider is not employed outside the home.
Examples of care: traveling to and attending health care appointments, suctioning, resting, changing a dressing, feeding.