Objective: Cost-of-illness studies have been completed on scores of diseases over the past 30 years. The goal of this … study was to review published cost-of-illness studies on US populations in order to evaluate the potential usefulness of the … for rejection were insufficient cost data (80%), insufficient information on data sources and aggregation or estimation …

Objective: To develop a cost model that estimates the total and per case lifetime cost of bipolar disorder for 1998 … incident cases in the US. Study design: Lifetime cost simulation model. Perspective: Societal. Methods: Age- and gender … mental health service cost of 6 clinically defined prognostic groups was estimated based on the research literature and the …

substantial cost to Swedish society. There is a lack of up-to-date nationwide cost estimates after 1985. This study was conducted … to present a comprehensive and updated cost analysis and study the change over time of the national cost of these …: The total cost to Swedish society of dyspepsia, PUD and GORD in 1997 was $US424 million, or $US63 per adult. Direct costs …

Objective: To calculate and compare the human capital approach (HCA) and friction cost approach (FCA) methods for … estimating the cost of lost productivity of migraineurs after the initiation of sumatriptan from a US societal perspective …-reported questionnaires collected at baseline, 3 and 6 months after initiation of sumatriptan therapy. Outcome measures: The cost of lost …

use estimates to determine the annual direct cost attributable to alcohol misuse. Indirect costs arising from excess … unemployment, absenteeism from work and premature mortality were also estimated as was the human cost of alcohol misuse arising … from premature mortality among the non-working population. Main outcome measures and results: The annual healthcare cost of …

cost effectiveness of available treatments. …

cost analyses are needed to determine whether improvements in diagnostic and surgical procedures, and hormone replacement …