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Preferred term

Cost of Illness  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Burden, Disease
  • Burden Of Disease
  • Burden Of Diseases
  • Burden of Illness
  • Cost, Disease
  • Cost of Disease
  • Cost of Sickness
  • Costs of Disease
  • Disease Burden
  • Disease Burdens
  • Disease Cost
  • Disease Costs
  • Economic Burden of Disease
  • Illness Burden
  • Illness Burdens
  • Sickness Cost
  • Sickness Costs

Note

  • coordinate with specific disease; if monetary cost in disease, coordinate with specific disease /econ

Scope note

  • The personal cost of disease which may be economic, social, or psychological. 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, the societal cost of providing services related to the delivery of health care.

History note

  • 93

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • sairastamisen kustannukset
  • sairastamisen kustannus
  • sairastamisen psykososiaaliset kustannukset
  • sairauden kustannus
  • sairaudesta aiheutuvat kulut
  • sairaudesta aiheutuvat kustannukset
  • sairaudesta aiheutuvat menot
  • sairauskulut
  • sairausmenot
  • Swedish

  • Sjukdomsbelastning
  • Sjukdomskostnader

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017281

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