Annual societal cost of Alzheimer’s disease in Malaysia: a micro-costing approach
BMC GeriatricsBackground Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is expected to have a significant impact on resource use and economic consequences along with population aging. This study aims to investigate the annual economic burden of Alzheimer’s disease along with underlying ...
Siew Chin Ong +5 more
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The Impoverishing Effect of Ill Health: Evidence from the Western Balkans [PDF]
This paper investigates the extent to which the health systems of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo) have succeeded in providing financial protection against adverse health events.
Caryn Bredenkamp +2 more
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Economic Assessment of Food Safety Regulations: The New Approach to Meat and Poultry Inspection [PDF]
USDA is now requiring all Federally inspected meat and poultry processing and slaughter plants to implement a new system called Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) to reduce potentially harmful microbial pathogens in the food supply. This
Buzby, Jean C. +4 more
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The incremental healthcare cost associated with cancer in Belgium: A registry‐based data analysis
Cancer MedicineBackground Similar to many countries, Belgium experienced a rapid increase in cancer diagnoses in the last years. Considering that a large part of cancer types could be prevented, our study aimed to estimate the annual healthcare burden of cancer per ...
Vanessa Gorasso +10 more
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Gettysburg Against Gun Violence
, 2018 On April 4th, the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Saheed Vassell, a 34 year old black man, was shot nine times and killed in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY.
Stewart, Chentese
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Bacterial Foodborne Disease: Medical Costs and Productivity Losses [PDF]
Microbial pathogens in food cause an estimated 6.5-33 million cases of human illness and up to 9,000 deaths in the United States each year. Over 40 different foodborne microbial pathogens, including fungi, viruses, parasites, and bacteria, are believed ...
Buzby, Jean C. +3 more
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Modelling the cost of ill health in Health&WealthMOD (Version II): lost labour force participation, income and taxation, and the impact of disease prevention [PDF]
This paper provides a detailed description of the construction of Health&WealthMOD (Version II). It is Australia’s only microsimulation model of health and illness and their impacts on labour force participation, income, wealth and government revenue and
Deborah Schofield +6 more
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The Costs of Human Salmonellosis Attributable to Pork: A Stochastic Farm-to-Fork Analysis [PDF]
Few farm-to-table analyses of the risk pathways for foodborne illnesses exist, and no such analysis exists for the case of salmonellosis and pork products.
Liu, Xuanli +2 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.
Begoña Molina +3 more
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BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Dengue, a vector-borne disease caused by the dengue virus, has emerged as a global public health concern, given the tenfold rise in reported cases over the last two decades.
Doungporn Leelavanich +2 more
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