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Regional differences in health care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease in Germany
Lange, Ansgar; Prenzler, Anne; Bachmann, Frank Oliver; … - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 29, pp. 1-11
of 21,771 individuals, including 9282 patients with Crohn disease and 12,489 patients with ulcerative colitis. Patients …
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Methodological considerations in cost of illness studies on Alzheimer disease
Costa, Nagede; Derumeaux, Helene; Rapp, Thomas; … - In: Health economics review 2 (2012) 18, pp. 1-12
Cost-of-illness studies (COI) can identify and measure all the costs of a particular disease, including the direct …, indirect and intangible dimensions. They are intended to provide estimates about the economic impact of costly disease …. Alzheimer disease (AD) is a relevant example to review cost of illness studies because of its costliness.The aim of this study …
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The high cost of celiac disease in an Israeli Health Maintenance Organization
Heymann, Anthony D.; Leshno, Moshe; Endevelt, Ronit; … - In: Health economics review 3 (2013) 23, pp. 1-5
Background: The aim of this study was to identify costs in patients diagnosed with Celiac disease. Methods: This … insuring over two million members. Our cohort comprised 1,754 patients with Celiac disease with a control group of 15 … celiac disease. Costs were compared with patients suffering from other chronic diseases. Results: The total costs of the …
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Economic burden of multiple sclerosis : a cross-sectional study in Iran
Rezaee, Mehdi; Keshavarz, Khosro; Izadi, Sadegh; … - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-10
Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic debilitating disease that imposes a heavy socioeconomic burden on … burden of the disease, the following suggestions are presented: providing necessary facilities for the production of MS drugs …
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Economic burden of lung cancer in Turkey : a cost of illness study from payer perspective
Cicin, Irfan; Oksuz, Ergun; Karadurmus, Nuri; Malhan, Simten - In: Health economics review 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-12
Background: This study was designed to estimate economic burden of lung cancer in Turkey from payer perspective based on expert panel opinion on practice patterns in clinical practice. Methods: In this cost of illness study, direct medical cost was calculated based on cost items related to...
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Decisions of persons, the pharmaceutical industry, and donors in disease contraction and recovery assuming virus mutation
Hausken, Kjell; Ncube, Mthuli - In: Health economics review 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-14
drug purchases and drug developments. Nature chooses disease contraction, recovery, death, and virus mutation. The game is …
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Cost analysis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) : a systematic review
Gutiérrez Villegas, Celia; Paz-Zulueta, María; … - In: Health economics review 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-12
Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a treatable disease with a high prevalence, and high … disease. Methods: Searches were conducted in PubMed, SCOPUS and Web of Science databases for cost studies on COPD published in … English, between the years 2015 and 2020. The search terms were "COPD" OR "pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive", "cost*" OR …
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Preferences of patients with asthma or COPD for treatments in pulmonary rehabilitation
Damm, Kathrin; Lingner, Heidrun; Schmidt, Katharina; … - In: Health economics review 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-12
Introduction: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) aims to improve disease control in patients with chronic obstructive … pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. However, the success of PR-programs depends on the patients' participation and willingness …
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Income-related inequalities in diseases and health conditions over the business cycle
Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir; Jóhannsdóttir, Hildur … - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 12, pp. 1-17
recovery. The concentration curve and the concentration index are calculated for each disease, both overall and by gender. In …
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Cost of illness studies on reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health : a systematic literature review
Saha, Sanjib; Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - In: Health economics review 3 (2013) 24, pp. 1-12
, with limited data on low and middle income countries. The burden of disease is very high even for single complications. For … example, the disease burden related to non-exclusive breastfeeding was given as 14.39 billion international dollars (ID) (2012 …
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