<Emphasis Type="Bold">Introduction: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic condition that afflicts young adults in their economically productive years. The goal of this study was to determine the costs of IBD in Germany from a societal perspective, using cost diaries. <Emphasis Type="Bold">Methods: Members of the German Crohn’s...</emphasis></emphasis>

Background: Osteoporosis is a frequent complication in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Recent studies have shown bisphosphonates to considerably reduce fracture risk in patients with osteoporosis, and preventing fractures with bisphosphonates has been reported to be cost effective in...

Objective: To assess the cost effectiveness of the addition of folinic acid to fluorouracil plus levamisole in patients with colon cancer from the perspective of the German Social Health Insurance. Study Design and Methods: Patients with International Union Against Cancer (Union International...

Aim: To estimate the direct and indirect costs of morbidity and mortality attributable to alcohol consumption in Germany from a societal perspective in 2002. Methods: Using the concept of attributable risks and the prevalence-based approach, age- and gender-specific alcohol-attributable...

<Emphasis Type="Bold">Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is currently the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. It has serious health effects and causes substantial costs for society. <Emphasis Type="Bold">Objectives: The aim of the present paper was to develop a state-of-the-art decision-analytic model of COPD...</emphasis></emphasis>