INTRODUCTION Injuries are a significant cause of mortality and morbidity, of which more than 90% occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Given the extent of this burden being confronted by LMICs, there is need to place injury prevention at the forefront of public health initiatives and to understand the costs associated with injury. The aim of this article is to describe the extent t...

BACKGROUND Recent trials report the efficacy of continuous tenofovir-based pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for prevention of HIV infection. The cost effectiveness of 'on demand' PrEP for non-injection drug-using men who have sex with men at high risk of HIV acquisition has not been evaluated. OBJECTIVE To conduct an economic evaluation of the societal costs of HIV in Canada and evaluate the p...

OBJECTIVES To examine whether elimination of fatal diseases will increase healthcare costs. DESIGN Mortality data from vital statistics combined with healthcare spending in a cause elimination life table. Costs were allocated to specific diseases through the various healthcare registers. SETTING AND SUBJECTS The population of the Netherlands, 1988. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Healthcare costs o...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION, AIMS, AND METHODS: Industrial countries' societies are challenged to counter the increasing costs of health care. The preponderance of cardiovascular diseases in middle-aged people demands new strategies to reduce the extremely high rates of early deaths and increased morbidity and thus to avert considerable costs. Prevention programmes are appropriate means to combine ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the annual direct, indirect and total costs and predictors of costs in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS One hundred and five patients with SLE completed questionnaires on health-care utilization and employment history. Predictors of costs were determined by multiple regression analyses using direct, indirect and total costs as outcome variables....

Introduction Approximately 100,000 cases of acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection occur annually in the United States. The recent food-borne outbreak of HAV infection associated with a catering facility in Denver, CO, resulted in 43 cases of hepatitis A and total costs (ie, disease control costs, costs of medical treatment, lost productivity of affected individuals, and cost of food discarded...

Cardiac arrest is a leading cause of mortality among firefighters. We sought to develop a valid method for determining the costs of a workplace prevention program for firefighters. In 2012, we developed a draft framework using human resource accounting and in-depth interviews with experts in the firefighting and insurance industries. The interviews produced a draft cost model with 6 components ...

BACKGROUND Although many programs targeting fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) are implemented, the province of Alberta is still lacking information on costs of FASD. OBJECTIVES To estimate the costs of FASD in Alberta based on available US and Canadian research on costs of FASD, and Alberta data. METHODS Two types of costs were estimated. The annual long-term economic cost of FASD, whi...