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Economic burden of endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility, 2006
To comprehensively review and evaluate the direct costs of endometriosis.We systematically reviewed studies published since 1990, and conducted an analysis of publicly available national databases (Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project and National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey/National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey) in the United States ...
Xin, Gao   +5 more
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The Economic Burden of COPD

Chest, 2000
COPD is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide and imparts a substantial economic burden on individuals and society. Despite the intense interest in COPD among clinicians and researchers, there is a paucity of data on health-care utilization, costs, and social burden in this population. The total economic costs of COPD morbidity
S D, Sullivan, S D, Ramsey, T A, Lee
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The economic burden of physical inactivity: a global analysis of major non-communicable diseases [PDF]

open access: yesLancet, The, 2016
Background: The pandemic of physical inactivity is associated with a range of chronic diseases and early deaths. Despite the well documented disease burden, the economic burden of physical inactivity remains unquantified at the global level.
Eric Finkelstein   +2 more
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“The Economic Burden of Hypertension”

2016
Hypertension or abnormally high blood pressure is a serious and stealth condition that leads to heart attack, stroke and renal diseases. It has become a major and growing public health problem worldwide that requires an integrated approach. Even worse, the increase in the incidence of hypertension is expected to continue, with the disease manifesting a
Constant, Amelie F.   +2 more
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The Economic Burden of Diverticular Disease

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2016
Diverticular disease (DD) of the colon represents a common clinical condition affecting from one-fourth to one-third of the population in developed countries. Several epidemiological studies have clearly shown that in the last decades the rates of clinic visits and hospital admissions for DD and its complications are progressively increased.
Papa, Alfredo, Papa, Valerio
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The Economic Burden of Depression in Switzerland

PharmacoEconomics, 2013
Despite the high prevalence of depression, information about the burden of this disease in Switzerland is scarce. A better knowledge of the costs of depression may provide important information for future national preventive programmes, optimizing cost-effective budgeting. The estimates of national costs may improve the public's awareness of depression
Tomonaga, Yuki   +6 more
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Economic Burden of Psoriatic Arthritis

PharmacoEconomics, 2008
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammatory arthritis in association with skin psoriasis (Ps). PsA may show a heterogeneous and variable clinical course, with involvement of peripheral and axial diarthrodial joints, periarticular structures such as entheses, as well as the skin and nails.
Christoph, Ackermann, Arthur, Kavanaugh
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The Economic Burden

2010
Not only is chemo fog a troublesome medical problem for the sufferers, but in addition it is the source of nearly $300 million in direct and indirect expense in the United States alone each year. And since it often persists for extended periods of time, the indirect costs, which stem mainly from lost productivity, continue to accumulate with another ...
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The economic and social burden of malaria

Nature, 2002
Where malaria prospers most, human societies have prospered least. The global distribution of per-capita gross domestic product shows a striking correlation between malaria and poverty, and malaria-endemic countries also have lower rates of economic growth. There are multiple channels by which malaria impedes development, including effects on fertility,
Jeffrey, Sachs, Pia, Malaney
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Health and economic burden of Campylobacter

2017
Burden assessment plays an increasingly important and accepted role in food safety decision making. Burden assessment is a top-down approach that uses available epidemiological data, for example, generated through surveillance systems, to generate estimates of the health and economic impact of the concerned foodborne disease. In this Chapter, we review
Devleesschauwer, Brecht   +3 more
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