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Table 5 Valuation of annual caregiving hours per informal caregivers

From: Social costs associated with fibromyalgia in Spain

 

Censored hours (max. 16 h/day)

Not censored hours (max. 24 h/day)

Contingent valuation

Replacement

Contingent valuation

Replacement

WTP

WTA

WTP

WTA

Non eligible

7,687

15,990

36,275

9,420

19,596

44,457

Moderate dependent

8,102

16,853

38,235

9,369

19,490

44,216

Severe dependent

11,010

22,902

51,956

13,689

28,475

64,601

Highly dependent

11,708

24,355

55,254

14,131

29,394

66,686

Average

8,557

17,799

40,380

10,321

21,470

48,707

Average valuation with respect to average wage (2021)

 Average

33%

69%

156%

40%

83%

188%

Average valuation with respect to average retirement benefit (2021)

 Average

60%

125%

283%

72%

150%

341%

Percentage with respect to per capita GDP (2021)

 Average

33%

69%

158%

40%

83%

191%

  1. WTP: willingness to pay; WTA: willingness to accept
  2. WTP (Garrido-García et al., 2015) and WTA (Oliva-Moreno et al., 2019)
  3. GDP per capita (2021): 25,498 €
  4. Average wage (2021): 25,896 €/year
  5. Average retirement benefit (2021): 14,277 €/year