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Estimating the lifetime economic burden of stroke according to the age of onset in South Korea: a cost of illness study

BMC Public Health, 2011
Background The recently-observed trend towards younger stroke patients in Korea raises economic concerns, including erosion of the workforce. We compared per-person lifetime costs of stroke according to the age of stroke onset from the Korean societal ...
Suh Hae Sun, Lim Seung-Ji, Kang Hye-Young, Liew Danny   +3 more
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Economic Analysis of Hospitalised Paediatric Community-Acquired-Pneumonia at a Private Hospital in Southern Vietnam, Fiscal Year 2015-2016 [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is a commonly occurring serious disease causing substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide. Various studies of treatment costs for CAP cases indicate that it presents a heavy economic burden to society.
Trung Quang Vo, Thoai Dang Nguyen, Quang Vinh Tran, Son Ngoc Xuan Pham   +3 more
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Neurological diseases in Peru: a systematic analysis of the global burden disease study

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Background: Disease burden indicators assess the impact of disease on a population. They integrate mortality and disability in a single indicator. This allows setting priorities for health services and focusing resources.
Carlos ALVA-DÍAZ, Andrely HUERTA-ROSARIO, Kevin PACHECO-BARRIOS, Roberto A. MOLINA, Alba NAVARRO-FLORES, Wilfor AGUIRRE-QUISPE, Nilton CUSTODIO, Juan TORO-PEREZ, Nicanor MORI, Roberto ROMERO-SANCHEZ   +9 more
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How did the introduction of managed care for the uninsured in Iowa affect the use of substance abuse services? [PDF]

, 2003
Concerns about access under managed care have been raised for vulnerable populations such as publicly funded patients with substance abuse problems. To estimate the effects of the Iowa Managed Substance Abuse Care Plan (IMSACP) on substance abuse service
Argeriou, Milton, Dilonardo, Joan, Ettner, Susan L, Liu, Hui, McCarty, Dennis   +4 more
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Estimation of cost-of-illness in patients with psoriasis in Switzerland [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Evaluation of the current clinical treatment of psoriasis in Switzerland remains to be measured with the parameters cost-of-illness and quality of life.
Brock, E, Conrad, C, Laffitte, E, Navarini, A A, Piffaretti, P, Ruckdaeschel, S, Trüeb, R M   +6 more
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The health-related social costs of alcohol in Belgium

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Alcohol is associated with adverse health effects causing a considerable economic impact to society. A reliable estimate of this economic impact for Belgium is lacking. This is the aim of the study.
Nick Verhaeghe, Delfine Lievens, Lieven Annemans, Freya Vander Laenen, Koen Putman   +4 more
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Burden of Co-Infection: A Cost Analysis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a Commercially Insured Hepatitis C Virus Population

Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2019
Introduction In patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) represents a major cause of morbidity and economic burden. Economic evaluations in HIV-HCV typically focus on government-sponsored insurance plans rather than a ...
T. Joseph Mattingly, Neha S. Pandit, Eberechukwu Onukwugha   +2 more
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Human H5N1 influenza infections in Cambodia 2005-2011: case series and cost-of-illness. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Southeast Asia has been identified as a potential epicentre of emerging diseases with pandemic capacity, including highly pathogenic influenza.
A Burns, A Martin, AF Oner, Anthony Huszar, C Kanchanachitra, D Grace, DP Fidler, DS Fedson, E Bloom, EE Walsh, IN Kandun, J Beaute, J Rushton, JW Rudge, Karen Humphries-Waa, Khieu Borin, M Bigdeli, Marco Liverani, MF Drummond, Ministry of Health Cambodia, ML Vandermeer, NT Liem, P Hanvoravongchai, R Huy, Richard Coker, RJ Coker, Sok Touch, Teng Srey, Tom Drake, TT Wang, V Shinde, W Adisasmito, W Hardeman, World Health Organisation, World Health Organisation   +34 more
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Cost of illness of urothelial bladder cancer in Italy

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2017
Claudio Gerace,1 Francesco Montorsi,2 Rosa Tambaro,3 Giacomo Cartenì,4 Stefano De Luca,5 Marcello Tucci,6 Giuseppe Martorana,7 Umberto Basso,8 Leonardo Cardosi,1 Cristina Teruzzi1 1Temas s.r.l.-QuintilesIMS, Integrated Market Access Department ...
Gerace C, Montorsi F, Tambaro R, Cartenì G, De Luca S, Tucci M, Martorana G, Basso U, Cardosi L, Teruzzi C   +9 more
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Comorbidity in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation affects the “cost of illness”

Фармакоэкономика, 2019
Objective: to analyze whether comorbidity affects the cost of treatment and medical services in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Materials and methods. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 98 patients with AF. Comorbidity was evaluated
S. V. Malchikova, N. S. Maksimchuk-Kolobova, M. V. Kazakovtseva   +2 more
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