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Pressure injury in Australian public hospitals: a cost-of-illness study [PDF]
, 2015 Objective: Pressure injuries (PI) are largely preventable and can be viewed as an adverse outcome of a healthcare admission, yet they affect millions of people and consume billions of dollars in healthcare spending.
Allman +34 more
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Dizziness at a Canadian tertiary care hospital: a cost-of-illness study
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2019 Background In the Canadian health care system, determining overall costs associated with a particular diagnostic subgroup of patients, in this case dizzy patients, is the first step in the process of determining where costs could be saved without ...
Andre Le +5 more
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Cost-of-Illness Trends Associated with Thyroid Disease in Korea [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2014 BackgroundThe purpose of this study is to analyze the scale of and trends associated with the cost-of-illness of thyroid disease in Korea at 2-year intervals during the last 10 years for which data are available.MethodsCost-of-illness was estimated in ...
Kyung-Rae Hyun, Sungwook Kang, Sunmi Lee
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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 +3 more
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Sahel Medical Journal, 2022 Background: Obstetric fistula (OF) continues to be a major health problem in developing countries such as Nigeria. It is a communication between the vagina and bladder/rectum following prolonged obstructed labor that leads to urine/and fecal leakage per ...
Lamaran Makama Dattijo +3 more
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The cost of a disease targeted for elimination in Brazil: the case of schistosomiasis mansoni
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2019 BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis mansoni is a poverty-related parasitic infection that has a variety of clinical manifestations. We consider the disability and deaths caused by schistosomiasis unacceptable for a tool-ready disease.
Gilmara Lima Nascimento +6 more
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The scope of costs in alcohol studies: Cost-of-illness studies differ from economic evaluations [PDF]
, 2010 Background Alcohol abuse results in problems on various levels in society. In terms of health, alcohol abuse is not only an important risk factor for chronic disease, but it is also related to injuries.
Paul F van Gils +4 more
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Economic costs related to foodborne disease in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia in 2017
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 IntroductionFoodborne diseases (FBD) are a significant problem in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Africa. Country-specific estimates of the economic costs related to FBD caused by different hazards in different food products can inform ...
Coen P. A. van Wagenberg +1 more
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Heart failure: a prevalence-based and model-based cost analysis
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 IntroductionHeart failure (HF) imposes a heavy economic burden on patients, their families, and society as a whole. Therefore, it is crucial to quantify the impact and dimensions of the disease in order to prioritize and allocate resources effectively ...
Zahra Mahmoudi +4 more
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A Systematic Review of Cost-of-Illness Studies of Multimorbidity [PDF]
, 2017 Objectives: The economic burden of multimorbidity is considerable. This review analyzed the methods of cost-of-illness (COI) studies and summarized the economic outcomes of multimorbidity. Methods: A systematic review (2000–2016) was performed, which was
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