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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Cost of Illness
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Costo de Enfermedad
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Efeitos Psicossociais da Doença
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Synonyms English:
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Burden of Illness
Burden of Disease
Burden of Diseases
Disease Costs
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Tree Number:
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I01.137
N03.219.151.165
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Definition English:
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The personal cost of acute or chronic disease. The cost to the patient may be an economic, social, or psychological cost or personal loss to self, family, or immediate community. The cost of illness may be reflected in absenteeism, productivity, response to treatment, peace of mind, QUALITY OF LIFE, etc. It differs from HEALTH CARE COSTS, meaning the societal cost of providing services related to the delivery of health care, rather than personal impact on individuals. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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no qualif; IM; coord IM with specific disease with pertinent qualif; if monetary cost in disease, coord IM with specific disease /econ; COST OF ILLNESS is personal cost to the patient including economic and psychosocial costs; it is not HEALTH CARE COSTS, the cost of providing serv in delivery of health care
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See Related English:
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Quality of Life
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History Note English:
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93
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Record Number:
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30769
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Unique Identifier:
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D017281
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS CID-10 SciELO LILACS LIS
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