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Asthma: prevalence and cost of illness [PDF]

European Respiratory Journal, 2005
The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence and cost of illness of asthma in Germany by retrospectively analysing routine health insurance data.This analysis investigated claims data from all insured persons of six large sickness funds. Insurants with asthma were identifiedviathe International Classification of Diseases (ninth revision ...
S, Stock, M, Redaelli, M, Luengen, G, Wendland, D, Civello, K W, Lauterbach   +5 more
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Atherosclerosis: The cost of illness in Portugal

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition), 2021
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Portugal and atherosclerosis is the most common underlying pathophysiological process. The aim of this study was to quantify the economic impact of atherosclerosis in Portugal by estimating disease-related costs.Costs were estimated based on a prevalence approach and following a societal ...
Costa, João, Alarcão, Joana, Amaral-Silva, Alexandre, Araujo, Francisco, Ascenção, Raquel, Caldeira, Daniel, Cardoso, Marta Ferreira, Correia, Manuel, Fiorentino, Francesca, Gavina, Cristina, Gil, Victor, Gouveia, Miguel, Lourenço, Francisco, Mello E Silva, Alberto, Pedro, Luís M, Morais, João, Carneiro, António Vaz, Veríssimo, Manuel Teixeira, Borges, Margarida   +18 more
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Tuberculosis: cost of illness in Germany [PDF]

European Respiratory Journal, 2012
4,444 new cases of tuberculosis (TB) were reported in Germany in 2009; of those, the proportion of multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB cases increased to 2.1% (63 cases).On the basis of the therapy guidelines of the German Central Committee against Tuberculosis and the new World Health Organization guidelines, this study estimates the mean direct outpatient ...
Roland, Diel, Stefan, Rutz, Stefanie, Castell, Tom, Schaberg   +3 more
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Diabetes: cost of illness in Norway [PDF]

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2010
Diabetes mellitus places a considerable burden on patients in terms of morbidity and mortality and on society in terms of costs. Costs related to diabetes are expected to increase due to increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study was to estimate the health care costs attributable to type 1 and type 2 diabetes in Norway in 2005.Data
Solli, Oddvar, Jenssen, Trond, Kristiansen, Ivar S   +2 more
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The evaluation of cost-of-illness due to use of cost-of-illness-based chemicals [PDF]

Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2015
This study is conducted to estimate the cost paid by the public suffering from disease possibly caused by chemical and to examine the effect on public health.Cost-benefit analysis is an important factor in analysis and decision-making and is an important policy decision tool in many countries.
Hong, Jiyeon, Lee, Yongjin, Lee, Geonwoo, Lee, Hanseul, Yang, Jiyeon   +4 more
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Economic Note: Cost of illness studies

BMJ, 2000
Cost of illness studies are a type of economic study common in the medical literature, particularly in specialist clinical journals. The aim of a cost of illness study is to identify and measure all the costs of a particular disease, including the direct, indirect, and intangible dimensions.
S, Byford, D J, Torgerson, J, Raftery
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Costs of illness due to endemic cholera [PDF]

Epidemiology and Infection, 2011
SUMMARYEconomic analyses of cholera immunization programmes require estimates of the costs of cholera. The Diseases of the Most Impoverished programme measured the public, provider, and patient costs of culture-confirmed cholera in four study sites with endemic cholera using a combination of hospital- and community-based studies.
Poulos, C., Riewpaiboon, A., Stewart, J. F., Clemens, J., Guh, S., Agtini, M., Sur, D., Islam, Z., Lucas, M., Whittington, D.   +9 more
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Estimating the cost of illness.

American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1967
N recent years a variety of studies and I figures relating to the cost of illnesses have been generated in the health field. The methods used range from broad statements of costs with no apparent bases, to detailed, sophisticated economic analyses. The costs are estimated in gross terms, in some instances, to justify categorical program expenditures by
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[Asthma and cost of illness].

Tuberkuloz ve toraks, 2005
The basic aim of the activities concerning health is to implement the initiatives for people to attain the best health status and sustain it. That's why these initiatives have to be chosen from the ones that consume minimum resource and affect life quality and duration in most beneficial way.
N Ercüment, Beyhun, Nesrin, Cilingiroğlu   +1 more
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Cost Of Illness: Heart Failure In Ireland [PDF]

Value in Health, 2014
Corry, S.E., McDonald, K., Kennelly, B.
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