Sanitary costs of osteoarthritis

Direct and indirect costs of osteoarthritis of the knee.

BACKGROUND Rheumatic diseases have an economic impact of 1-2.5% of GDP in industrialized countries and osteoarthritis is the most common joint disorder. Osteoarthritis of the knee is especially common and is a major cause of disability requiring extensive utilization of health care resources. OBJECTIVE To estimate the burden of osteoarthritis of the knee in Italy, we studied retrospectively a...

The Principles of Sanitary Tactics

The Sanitary Commission of Bengal

"Indian Medical Gazette" may be written as legibly as possible, and only on oxb sidk of each sheet of paper. Technical expressions ought to be so distinct that no possible mistake can be made in printing them. Keglect of these simple rules causes much trouble. Communications should be forwarded as early in the month as possible, else delay must inevitably occur in their publication. Business le...

Sanitary Notes in Poona

j I AM anxious to bring to professional notice a remarkable ^ instance of the seemingly mysterious generation of fever and cholera in certain localities, the present case being one in which these two scourges have chosen, what I maintain to be, one of their most favorite breeding dens. Ir. is not the ruined, weed-covered, and slimy tank, nor the foul looking pond put to foul uses and surrounded...

Sanitary Reforms in India

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