The main objective is the evaluation of the economic impact of anxiety-related direct and indirect costs in Spain for the year 2002. Direct medical costs (hospitalization costs, costs associated with outpatient consultations, and drugs) and indirect costs (premature death, temporary disability,...

Sexually transmitted diseases pose an important public health problem around the world. Although many studies have explored the link between alcohol use and risky sexual practices, the unobserved differences among individuals make it difficult to assess whether the associations are casual in...

El trabajo consiste en suministrar a los respectivos agentes una información de calidad que permita comparar entre opciones alternativas dentro de un marco de recursos limitados, de ahí la necesidad de que las autoridades sanitarias tengan en cuenta no sólo los estudios clínicos, sino...

The BURQOL-RD project is intended to develop a disease based model capable of quantifying the socio-economic burden and health-related quality of life for patients with rare diseases (RDs) and their caregivers in Europe. We described the methodology used to select a set of 10 RDs to be...

Obesity poses important burdens not only on the individuals whose quality of life is reduced but on national welfare systems that have to face growing premature mortality rates, increase healthcare expenditures to treat obesity-related diseases, and earmark vast amounts of healthcare resources...