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The article addresses the need to identify and quantify the external costs of air pollution on the health of the population, especially children. The subjects of evaluation are the respiratory illnesses acute nasopharyngitis and acute bronchitis, both of
Tóthová Dominika
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Abolishing user fees for children and pregnant women trebled uptake of malaria-related interventions in Kangaba, Mali. [PDF]
Malaria is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in children under 5 in Mali. Health centres provide primary care, including malaria treatment, under a system of cost recovery.
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Cost of Bordetella pertussis illness in tertiary hospitals in Argentina [PDF]
La Comisión Nacional de Inmunizaciones y el ProNaCEI (Programa Nacional de Control de Enfermedades Inmunoprevenibles) actualizaron la política de vacunación por Bordetella pertussis (BP) a partir del año 2009 con el objetivo de optimizar el control de ...
Benegas, Liliana +8 more
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Cost of the treatment of myelodisplastic syndrome in Brazil
INTRODUCTION: Myelodysplastic syndrome is an incurable and rare hematological disease that affects the production of blood cells. One aim of treatment is to maintain the blood-cell count to near-normal levels.
Otávio Clark +1 more
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MEASURING CONSUMER BENEFITS OF FOOD SAFETY RISK REDUCTIONS [PDF]
Microbial pathogens and pesticide residues in food pose a financial burden to society which can be reduced by incurring costs to reduce these food safety risks.
Buzby, Jean C. +3 more
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Direct healthcare costs of diabetes mellitus patients in Spain [PDF]
Objectives. To estimate the healthcare resources spent by diabetic patients in Spain during the year 2002. Methods. The present work is a cost-of-illness study.
Lobo, Félix +3 more
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The high cost of diarrhoeal illness for urban slum households–a cost-recovery approach: a cohort study [PDF]
Objectives: Rapid urbanisation has often meant that public infrastructure has not kept pace with growth leading to urban slums with poor access to water and sanitation and high rates of diarrhoea with greater household costs due to illness.
Nanarkar, Mahesh +8 more
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A Comparison of Methodologies for Valuing Decreased Health Effects from Wildfire Smoke [PDF]
Wildfire seasons are becoming longer and more intense throughout the world, making it increasingly important to monetize the full damages caused by wildfires when analyzing various fire management policies.
Champ, Patricia A. +2 more
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Cost of preventing workplace heat-related illness through worker breaks and the benefit of climate-change mitigation [PDF]
The exposure of workers to hot environments is expected to increase as a result of climate change. In order to prevent heat-related illness, it is recommended that workers take breaks during working hours.
Fujimori, S. +6 more
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Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) caused by the dengue virus is one of the high-prevalence diseases in tropical countries, such as Indonesia. It has been highlighted that high-prevalence diseases are strongly correlated with high-treatment costs.
Woro Supadmi +4 more
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