Costs of Formal and Informal Home Care and Quality of Life for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in Sweden

Table 1

Unit costs.

Cost item	Cost in SEK	Cost in euro	Source
Community services
Home help services; (per hour)	439	50	Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (2011)
Personal assistant; (per hour)	439	50	Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (2011)
Informal care (per hour)	146	18	SCB (2012)^1
Caregivers production losses; (per hour)	271	31	SCB (2012)^1;2
Caregivers sick leave; (per day)	1 092	125	SCB (2012)^1;3

1Statistics Sweden (2012) Gross Wages year 2011 (http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____149087.aspx).
²Assumption: 229 work days per year (full-time) and eight hours per day.
³Assumption: full-time wages adjusted for 80% of the employment. Number of sick days was specified in the questionnaire for periods of weeks, where annual earnings were allocated to 365 days.