Table 3 Total annual societal costs of informal care in Sweden, 2018 (SEK)
From: Cost analysis of informal care: estimates from a national cross-sectional survey in Sweden
Domain | Cost Item | Costs | Share of total costs, % |
|---|---|---|---|
A. Lost income/productivity | |||
A.1 | Cessation of work | 21,040,045,347 | 14 |
A.2 | Reduction of work hours | 42,443,895,514 | 28 |
A.3 | Lost productivity while working | 20,009,265,028 | 13 |
Sub-total | 83,493,205,889 | 55 | |
B. Direct cost of caregiving | |||
B.1 | Caregiving time | 40,998,299,353 | 27 |
B.2 | Out-of-pocket financial costs | 22,529,180,952 | 15 |
B.3 | Lost sleep | 5,114,705,508 | 3 |
Sub-total | 68,642,185,814 | 45 | |
Total societal costs | 152,135,391,703 | ||