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Abstract
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.
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- Burden Of Disease
- Burden of Illness
- Cost of Disease
- Cost of Sickness
- Costs of Disease
- Disease Burden
- Disease Cost
- Disease Costs
- Sickness Cost
- Therapeutic Burden
- Burden Of Diseases
- Burden, Disease
- Burden, Therapeutic
- Cost, Disease
- Disease Burdens
- Illness Burden
- Illness Burdens
- Illness Cost
- Illness Costs
- Sickness Costs
- Therapeutic Burdens
- Economic Burden of Disease
- Pill Burden
- Burden, Pill
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coordinate with specific disease; if monetary cost in disease, coordinate with specific disease /econ
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- Costs and Cost Analysis (1966-1992)
- specific disease (1966-1992)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Cost of Illness. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017281. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017281
- Cost of Illness. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66969671