Direct Medical Costs Related To Parkinson’s Disease

Estimation of Direct Medical Costs Related to Chronic Hepatitis C: A Rationale for Early Antiviral Therapy

Lifetime direct medical costs of childhood obesity.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES An estimate of the lifetime medical costs of an obese child provides a benchmark of the potential per capita savings that could accrue from successful childhood obesity prevention efforts. We reviewed the literature to identify the best current estimate of the incremental lifetime per capita medical cost of an obese child in the United States today relative to a normal...

Survey of Direct Medical Costs and Risk Factors for Resistant Tuberculosis Patients to Refer to Masih Daneshvari Hospital: 2019

Introduction: Resistant and extensive resistant tuberculosis is one of the most important infectious diseases and the most important challenge in the treatment of tuberculosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the direct treatment costs of patients with resistant and extensive resistant tuberculosis and the risk factors for developing resistance to the treatment of this disease. Methods: ...

Direct costs related to rheumatoid arthritis: the patient perspective.

OBJECTIVE To determine rheumatoid arthritis related out of pocket expenditure (OOPE) in Germany and to disaggregate the total OOPE into contributing cost domains. METHODS Data for the cost analysis were drawn from a multicentre randomised controlled prospective trial to assess the effectiveness of clinical quality management in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Both payer sources and patien...

Comparison of Direct Medical Care Costs Between Erosive Reflux Disease and Non-erosive Reflux Disease in Korean Tertiary Medical Center

BACKGROUND/AIMS Gastroesophageal reflux disease is one of the most common and frequent chronic disease requiring considerable cost. We investigated the medical care costs in the erosive reflux disease (ERD) and non-erosive reflux disease (NERD). METHODS The risk factors and the direct medical care costs were analyzed retrospectively in the ERD (178 patients) and NERD (183 patients) groups for...