Comprehensive Cost of Illness: A Novel Method to Evaluate Economic Burden of Disease in a Super-aged Society
| Autor: | Matsumoto, Kunichika, Hasegawa, Tomonori |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Toho Journal of Medicine. 5(1):7-12 |
| ISSN: | 2189-1990 |
| Popis: | Review Article Appropriate allocation of limited healthcare resources has been among the major challenges of making health policy decisions. Cost of illness (COI) is a simple and convenient approach that measures the burden of disease in terms of monetary cost. This method has been criticized because it only covers costs without considering outcomes, and it is unclear who has to pay the cost. However, COI is relatively simple to calculate compared with other methods for economic evaluation, and it has been used for political decision-making. In an aging society, costs of treating diseases that require long-term care keep on increasing. We propose the comprehensive-COI, which modifies the original method to include both the direct costs of long-term care and the family burden of unpaid costs. Consideration of all the aspects of COIs can facilitate more precise evaluation of the economic burden of diseases. |
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