 Cost of Illness
"Cost of Illness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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, or QUALITY OF LIFE. 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.
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D017281
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.151.165
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| Concept/Terms |
Cost of Illness- Cost of Illness
- Illness Cost
- Illness Costs
- Cost of Disease
- Cost of Sickness
- Sickness Costs
- Sickness Cost
- Cost, Sickness
- Costs, Sickness
- Disease Cost
- Cost, Disease
- Costs, Disease
- Disease Costs
- Economic Burden of Disease
- Burden of Illness
- Illness Burden
- Illness Burdens
- Costs of Disease
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cost of Illness" by people in Profiles.
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Wong GK, Lee A, Wong A, Ho FL, Leung SL, Zee BC, Poon WS, Siu DY, Abrigo JM, Mok VC. Clinically important difference of Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Scale for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Clin Neurosci. 2016 Nov; 33:209-212.
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Sansgiry SS, Joish VN, Boklage S, Goyal RK, Chopra P, Sethi S. Economic burden of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in patients with cystic fibrosis. J Med Econ. 2012; 15(2):219-24.
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McCauley SR, Hannay HJ, Swank PR. Use of the Disability Rating Scale Recovery curve as a predictor of psychosocial outcome following closed-head injury. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2001 May; 7(4):457-67.
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