Demographic and epidemiological determinants of healthcare costs in Netherlands: cost of illness study

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the demands on healthcare resources caused by different types of illnesses and variation with age and sex.

Association between osteoporosis, health-related productivity loss and use of hospital services in outpatients of the Brazilian National Health System

“…During 60 days, all participants attending the BHU were invited to participate in the study, as long as they met the inclusion criteria. Firstly, all subjects needed to be aged ≥ 50 years old, because this age has been correlated with development of chronic diseases in the Brazilian population 12,13 and is a cutoff point relating to significantly increased health care costs among adults 14 . Secondly, all subjects need to have attended at least one medical consultation during the last six months: this was used as an indicator of current residence in Presidente Prudente and usage of the healthcare system.…”

Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) for Decision-making? An Overview of the Literature

“…Source: Murray and Lopez (1996a, p543). Gupta et al (1994), who believe that the global burden of disease does not under-report cancer deaths in India (contrary to Murray and Lopez's view), and Meerding et al (1998) who considered the main causes of disability by age in The Netherlands compared with the global burden of disease results. been particularly noticeable in the areas of mental health 43 , infectious diseases such as HIV/sexually transmitted diseases (Van Dam, 1995), tuberculosis (Prabhakar, 1996;Squire, 1997), otitis media (Berman, 1995,) and malaria (Foster and Phillips, 1998).…”

Back Pain in Polish Adolescents Aged 13 to 19 Years

“…Z ba dań wy ni ka, że nie mal ka żdy czło wiek do świad czy w swo im ży ciu przy naj mniej jed ne go ostre go epi zo du SP [8][9][10][11][12][13]. Tym cza sem le cze nie zabu rzeń mię śnio wo -szkie le to wych (w tym SP) to jedno z pię ciu naj bar dziej kosz tow nych za dań słu żby zdro wia [14]. Ana li zy wy ka za ły, że SP ty pu LBP stano wią jed ną z pod sta wo wych przy czyn ogra ni cze nia zdol no ści do pra cy, zwol nień le kar skich, jak rów nież przed wcze snych rent [15,16].…”

“…Studies suggest that almost every person will suffer at least one acute episode of SP [8][9][10][11][12][13]. At the same time, treatment of musculoskeletal conditions (including SP) is one of five most expensive health care tasks [14]. LBP has been shown to be one of the basic causes of limited capacity for work, sick leaves and premature disability [15,16].…”