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Economic burden of medication-overuse headache in Iran: direct and indirect costs

Neurological Sciences, 2020
Medication-overuse headache (MOH) as a secondary chronic headache imposes a considerable burden on both individuals and societies. Nevertheless, little is known about the burden of MOH in Iran. Therefore, in the current study, we aimed to quantify the annual cost of MOH among Iranian patients.In this cross-sectional study, 84 patients were recruited ...
Mansoureh Togha, Fatemeh Nadjafi-Semnani, Fahimeh Martami, Zahra Mohammadshirazi, Niusha Vahidpour, Ali Akbari-sari, Rajabali Daroudi   +6 more
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Beyond Medical Bills: The Indirect Costs of Prostate Cancer

Urology Practice
Both direct and indirect costs contribute to financial toxicity in prostate cancer. Indirect costs are difficult to assess and quantify and therefore remain understudied. We sought to describe the indirect costs of prostate cancer across risk groups as well as identify any associated sociodemographic factors.Patients with localized prostate cancer were
Katharine F Michel, Thomas J Guzzo, Michelle Slinger   +2 more
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On Unification of Algorithms for Calculating the Indirect Costs of Medical and Diagnostic Departments of Medical Organizations

Proceedings of Southwest State University, 2017
The article considers the methodological approaches to the calculation of the indirect costs of medical and diagnostic units of medical organizations. Indirect costs include the costs incurred to support the operation of several divisions of medical organizations.
A. P. Stolbov, V. V. Madyanova, E. E. Kobiatskaia   +2 more
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Use of medical resources and indirect costs of otitis media in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2011
Aims: To estimate the use of medical resources and the societal impact of otitis media (OM) in children less than five years of age in Sweden. Methods: An internet survey questionnaire was administered to a sample of parents with children <5 years of age.
Anouk M, Speets, Judith H, Wolleswinkel, Arne, Forsgren, Patrik A, Sobocki   +3 more
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Direct and indirect medical costs of functional constipation: a population-based study

International Journal of Colorectal Disease, 2010
Constipation causes a large number of medical visits each year and imposes significant financial toll on healthcare systems worldwide. So the present community-based study was conducted in order to estimate attributable direct and indirect costs to functional constipation (FC) and to provide an overview of related physician visits in general population
Hamid, Mohaghegh Shalmani, Hamid, Soori, Babak, Khoshkrood Mansoori, Mohsen, Vahedi, Bijan, Moghimi-Dehkordi, Mohammad Amin, Pourhoseingholi, Mohsen, Norouzinia, Mohammad Reza, Zali   +7 more
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Indirect Medical Costs in the First 3 Years of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Comparison of Current Methodological Approaches

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 2002
Indirect cost of chronic diseases have received increasing attention since recent diagnostic and therapeutic improvements have markedly raised costs of care. Relevant cost savings can be expected through the reduction of indirect costs. However, the assessment methods of indirect cost components still differ widely, leading to heterogeneous data that ...
Thomas Mittendorf, Sonja Merkesdal
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Indirect Costs for Medical Education

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1989
• Medicare currently pays for "indirect costs" of medical education to support the higher costs of care in teaching hospitals. To investigate whether indirect costs are higher earlier in the training year when house officers might be less efficient–the "July phenomenon"–we compared utilization by 1251 patients hospitalized during July and August with ...
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AB1351 Direct medical costs and indirect (productivity costs) of rheumatic arthritis patients in the czech repblic

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2012
Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) represents huge economic problem. International pharmacoeconic studies suggest DAS28 as important predictor of direct medical and productivity costs. We performed a cost-analysis according to DAS28. These cost analyses are essential for further pharmacoeconomic studies, cost-effectiveness and cost-utility studies ...
L.R. Sedova, M. Vocelka, J. Klimes, T. Dolezal   +3 more
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Direct Non-Medical and Indirect Costs of Glaucoma Care in a Nigerian Tertiary Eye Clinic

Discover Public Health
Mohammed M Abdull, Ugochukwu Eze
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Indirect, out-of-pocket and medical costs from influenza-related illness in young children

Vaccine, 2012
Studies have documented direct medical costs of influenza-related illness in young children, however little is known about the out-of-pocket and indirect costs (e.g., missed work time) incurred by caregivers of children with medically attended influenza.To determine the indirect, out-of-pocket (OOP), and direct medical costs of laboratory-confirmed ...
Ismael R, Ortega-Sanchez, Noelle-Angelique M, Molinari, Gerry, Fairbrother, Peter G, Szilagyi, Kathryn M, Edwards, Marie R, Griffin, Amy, Cassedy, Katherine A, Poehling, Carolyn, Bridges, Mary Allen, Staat   +9 more
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