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Burden of Disease and Cost of Illness of Overweight and Obesity in Portugal. [PDF]

Obes Facts
Introduction: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased in the last decades, posing significant health and economic impacts globally. These conditions are related to several non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease, type ...
Borges M, Sampaio F, Costa J, Freitas P, Matias Dias C, Gaio V, Conde V, Figueira D, Pinheiro B, Silva Miguel L.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Implicitly Estimating the Cost of Mental Illness in Australia:A Standard-of-Living Approach [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Estimating the costs of mental illness provides useful policy and managerial information to improve the quality of life of people living with a mental illness and their families.
Nghiem, Son, Khanam, Rasheda, Tran, Bach Xuan, Vu, Xuan-Binh, Vu, Xuan Binh; id_orcid   +4 more
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Costs of illness due to cholera, costs of immunization and cost-effectiveness of an oral cholera mass vaccination campaign in Zanzibar [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends oral cholera vaccines (OCVs) as a supplementary tool to conventional prevention of cholera. Dukoral, a killed whole-cell two-dose OCV, was used in a mass vaccination campaign in 2009 in Zanzibar.
Claire-Lise Chaignat, Duintjer Tebbens Radboud J., Rita Reyburn, Weiss Mitchell G., Schaetti, C., Radboud J Duintjer Tebbens, Weiss, M. G., Rita Reyburn (130140), Khatib, A. M., Reyburn, R., Ahmed M. Khatib (130136), Mitchell G Weiss, Hutubessy Raymond, Schaetti Christian, Ahmed M Khatib, Claire-Lise Chaignat (127845), Raymond Hutubessy (130149), Ali, S. M., Khatib Ahmed M., Mitchell G. Weiss (130129), Chaignat Claire-Lise, Ali Said M., Hutubessy, R., Reyburn Rita, Christian Schaetti (130127), Chaignat, C. L., Raymond Hutubessy, Christian Schaetti, Said M Ali, Duintjer, Tebbens, Said M. Ali (130132), Radboud J. Duintjer Tebbens (130144)   +31 more
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Cost-effectiveness of pulse oximetry and integrated management of childhood illness for diagnosing severe pneumonia

, 2022
Pneumonia is a major killer of children younger than five years old. In resource constrained health facilities, the capacity to diagnose severe pneumonia is low.
Lindtjørn, Bernt, Loha, Eskindir, Tesfaye, Solomon H., Johansson, Kjell Arne   +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, Helio Milani Pegado, Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Alexander Itria, Luciane Nascimento Cruz, Maria Regina Fernandes de Oliveira   +6 more
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Costs of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in Australia: a cost-of-illness study

, 2020
Background: A definitive cost analysis of preventing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (IPH) in surgical patients in Australia is lacking. Preventing IPH is a common nurse-led initiative in surgery and cost savings represent the value of nursing care.
Gow, Jeff, Bräuer, Anselm, Ralph, Nicholas, Conway, Aaron, Gow, Jeffrey, Duff, Jed, Edward, Karen-leigh, Alexander, Kimberley, Alexander, Kim   +8 more
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Cost analysis of chronic heart failure management in Malaysia: A multi-centred retrospective study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
BackgroundEstimation of the economic burden of heart failure (HF) through a complete evaluation is essential for improved treatment planning in the future. This estimation also helps in reimbursement decisions for newer HF treatments.
Siew Chin Ong, Joo Zheng Low, Joo Zheng Low, Wing Yee Yew, Chia How Yen, Chia How Yen, Muhamad Ali S. K. Abdul Kader, Houng Bang Liew, Abdul Kahar Abdul Ghapar   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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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Family Economic Burden Associated to Caring for Children with Cancer

Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2018
Objective. This work sought to determine the family economic burden associated with caring for the child with cancer. Methods. Descriptive study with quantitative approach.
Mercedes Rativa Velandia, Sonia Patricia Carreño Moreno   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic costs of alcohol consumption in Thailand, 2021

Global Health Research and Policy, 2023
Background Alcohol is one of the leading risk factors contributing to avoidable economic loss worldwide. Estimates from the economic cost of alcohol consumption studies play an important role in prioritizing healthcare resource use, supporting policy ...
Chaisiri Luangsinsiri, Sitaporn Youngkong, Usa Chaikledkaew, Oraluck Pattanaprateep, Montarat Thavorncharoensap   +4 more
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