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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Cost of Illness"”.
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A national estimate of the cost of illness in Parkinson's disease using retrospective data analysis
<p>The purpose of this study was to estimate the cost of illness of Parkinson’s disease in the United States. Direct medical expenditures, with the exception of nursing home costs, were estimated using data from the 1999-2003 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS-HC). Nursing …
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Cost of Illness Study of Anxiety Disorders for the Ambulatory Adult Population of the United States
… disorders are the most common psychiatric illness in the United States. However, economic burdens of this category of mental illnesses have not been well studied yet. The objective of this study was to estimate the societal cost of anxiety disorders for the ambulatory adult population of …
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The Economic Impact of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) on the Health System of South Africa. A Cost of Illness Study.
… Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is a disease of poverty that is neglected in developing countries. The consequences of RHD are increasingly becoming huge economic burden to the health system and consecutively the government. Despite RHD being preventable, most of the RHD related deaths happen …
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Economic impact of cardiovascular disease on the South African economy, 1991
… term which is applied to any malfunctioning of the circulation of blood in the body. lschaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, cardiac failure and aneurysm are among the specific diseases subsumed under this term. These diseases are diseases of lifestyle, and have a severe impact on …
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The societal costs of methamphetamine use in Western Cape Province
Methamphetamine (meth) use results in various costs accruing to the meth user, society, and government. Internal and external costs of the pandemic are widespread, affecting the healthcare and social welfare systems, policing, private security, and the judicial and corrective services system. This …
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El costo económico de la obesidad en Argentina
Este trabajo busca estimar el costo económico de la obesidad en pacientes adultos en Argentina en 2018, partiendo de la literatura Cost of Illness, con un enfoque de prevalencia, top-down y retrospectivo. Se abordan los costos directos como indirectos asociados a la obesidad y el sobrepeso, …
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Health-related quality of life and disease burden of psoriasis in Iran
The concept of health has dynamically been changing by rise of new needs and diversity in human preferences. Also by improvement of life expectancy from the beginning of 20th century, the concept of health for the person and the society has evolved. Advancements in science and technology has made …
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Economic Costs of Dementia in Low and Middle Income Countries
The aim of the study is to assess the impact of dementia in low and middle income countries (LAMICs) on service and family costs and to assess the impact of<br/>dependency and other factors on costs.<br/>A prevalence-based bottom up cost-of-illness study was carried out using the database of the …
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The household economic impact of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in South Africa
… in African countries due to the high rates of complications such as atrial fibrillation, stroke, infective endocarditis, and heart failure, all of which can result in premature death. In 2015, RHD was estimated to affect 33 million people globally and resulted in at least 320,000 deaths, …
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Evaluating Cost Effectiveness of Precision Cancer Medicine Approaches and The Economic Burden of Colorectal Cancer
As the understanding of the biology of cancer intensifies, biomarkers with the potential to guide precision cancer medicine (PCM) are discovered with increasing regularity. Yet the cost-effectiveness of the biomarker-guided PCM strategy is rarely evaluated. Utilising colorectal cancer (CRC) as a …
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Studie zur Beurteilung der Kostenreduktion von Venenkatheterinfektionen durch den Gebrauch eines neuen antiseptisch beschichteten zentralvenösen Gefäßkatheters (Arrow G+ARD Blue TM)
Vorliegende Fall-Kontroll-Studie diente als Krankheitskostenstudie zur Ermittlung der durch Katheter assoziierte Infektionen auf Intensivstationen verursachten Grenzkosten. Nosokomiale Blutbahninfektionen verursachen erhebliche direkte und indirekte Folgekosten. Von 1997 – 2000 wurden in den an …
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Κόστος ενδονοσοκομειακής περίθαλψης ασθενών με οξύ αγγειακό εγκεφαλικό επεισόδιο
Τα ΑΕΕ είναι η πρώτη αιτία αναπηρίας και η τρίτη αιτία θανάτου παγκοσμίως. Επίσης οι ασθενείς με ΑΕΕ είναι οι συχνότεροι χρήστες των υπηρεσιών υγείας. Παράλληλα, στη χώρα μας δαπανάται ετησίως το 10% του Ακαθάριστου Εγχώριου Προϊόντος (ΑΕΠ) για την υγεία σε σχέση με το μέσο όρο του 8,9% των χωρών …