Cost of Illness
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Sentinel hospital-based surveillance of rotavirus diarrhea in iran.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Rotavirus is the most common causes of severe, acute diarrhea during childhood and is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. We established active hospital-based surveillance of childhood diarrhea to ... Read more...

Burden of severe rotavirus diarrhea in indonesia.

30 Oct 2009 Globally, rotavirus is the leading cause of diarrhea-related hospitalizations and deaths among young children, but the burden of rotavirus disease in Indonesia is poorly documented. From January through December 2006, we conducted prospective ... Read more...

Rotavirus disease burden and impact and cost-effectiveness of a rotavirus vaccination program in kenya.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: The projected impact and cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination are important for supporting rotavirus vaccine introduction in Africa, where limited health intervention funds are available. METHODS: Hospital records, health ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Cost of Illness'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Sentinel hospital-based surveillance of rotavirus diarrhea in iran. 30 Oct 2009
• Burden of severe rotavirus diarrhea in indonesia. 30 Oct 2009
• Rotavirus disease burden and impact and cost-effectiveness of a rotavirus vaccination program in kenya. 30 Oct 2009
• Assessing the effectiveness and public health impact of rotavirus vaccines after introduction in immunization programs. 30 Oct 2009
• Incidence, characteristics, and economic burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis associated with hospitalization of israeli children <5 years of age, 2007-2008. 30 Oct 2009
• Considerations for introduction of a rotavirus vaccine in Oman: rotavirus disease and economic burden. 30 Oct 2009
• Multicenter prospective study on the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Turkey, 2005-2006: a hospital-based study. 30 Oct 2009
• Rotavirus burden among children in the newly independent states of the former union of soviet socialist republics: literature review and first-year results from the rotavirus surveillance network. 30 Oct 2009
• The burden of hospitalizations and clinic visits for rotavirus disease in children aged <5 years in the Philippines. 30 Oct 2009
• Economic costs of rotavirus gastroenteritis and cost-effectiveness of vaccination in developing countries. 30 Oct 2009
• Rotavirus gastroenteritis in uzbekistan: implications for vaccine policy in central Asia. 30 Oct 2009
• A retrospective evaluation of hospitalizations for acute gastroenteritis at 2 sentinel hospitals in central Japan to estimate the health burden of rotavirus. 30 Oct 2009
• Global rotavirus surveillance: determining the need and measuring the impact of rotavirus vaccines. 30 Oct 2009
• Three-year cost analysis of function-centred versus pain-centred inpatient rehabilitation in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. 30 Oct 2009
• Pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia. 29 Oct 2009
• UK to develop a national strategy for liver disease. 29 Oct 2009
• Communication during breast cancer treatment. 21 Oct 2009
• Rethinking screening for breast cancer and prostate cancer. 19 Oct 2009
• [Walk-in spirometry pilot project for discovering of early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] 17 Oct 2009
• Prevalence, health care expenditures, and orthopedic surgery workforce for musculoskeletal conditions. 12 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Cost of Illness'

Definition: The personal cost of acute or chronic disease. The cost to the patient may be an economic, social, or psychological cost or personal loss to self, family, or immediate community. The cost of illness may be reflected in absenteeism, productivity, response to treatment, peace of mind, QUALITY OF LIFE, etc. It differs from HEALTH CARE COSTS, meaning the societal cost of providing services related to the delivery of health care, rather than personal impact on individuals.

Descriptor UI: D017281

Alternative terms: Cost of Illness; Illness Cost; Illness Costs; Cost of Disease; Sickness Cost; Cost, Sickness; Costs, Sickness; Costs of Disease; Disease Cost; Cost, Disease; Costs, Disease; Disease Costs; Burden of Illness; Illness Burden; Illness Burdens; Cost of Sickness; Sickness Costs;

Related Mesh Headings: Quality of Life;

Tree Number: I01.137; N03.219.151.165;

History Note: 93

Technical Notes: no qualif; IM; coord IM with specific disease with pertinent qualif; if monetary cost in disease, coord IM with specific disease /econ; COST OF ILLNESS is personal cost to the patient including economic and psychosocial costs; it is not HEALTH CARE COSTS, the cost of providing serv in delivery of health care