 Cost of Illness
"Cost of Illness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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, or QUALITY OF LIFE. 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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D017281
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.151.165
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| Concept/Terms |
Cost of Illness- Cost of Illness
- Illness Cost
- Illness Costs
- Cost of Disease
- Cost of Sickness
- Sickness Costs
- Sickness Cost
- Cost, Sickness
- Costs, Sickness
- Disease Cost
- Cost, Disease
- Costs, Disease
- Disease Costs
- Economic Burden of Disease
- Burden of Illness
- Illness Burden
- Illness Burdens
- Costs of Disease
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cost of Illness" by people in Profiles.
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Weinberg GA, de St Maurice AM, Qwaider YZ, Stopczynski T, Amarin JZ, Stewart LS, Williams JV, Michaels MG, Sahni LC, Boom JA, Spieker AJ, Klein EJ, Englund JA, Staat MA, Schlaudecker EP, Selvarangan R, Schuster JE, Harrison CJ, Derado G, Toepfer AP, Moline HL, Halasa NB, Szilagyi PG. The Epidemiology and Burden of Human Parainfluenza Virus Hospitalizations in US Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2025 Apr 08; 14(4).
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Jarvis J, Chertavian E, Buessing M, Renteria T, Tu L, Hoffer L, Fischer R, Moore A, Cross M, Tones M. The economic impact of caregiving for individuals with Angelman syndrome in the United States: results from a caregiver survey. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2025 Feb 21; 20(1):82.
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Moline HL, Toepfer AP, Tannis A, Weinberg GA, Staat MA, Halasa NB, Boom JA, Klein EJ, Williams JV, Schuster JE, Goldstein L, McKeever ER, Kalman C, Paden C, Atherton L, Aggarwal M, Roychoudhury P, Piedra PA, Sahni LC, Stewart LS, Selvarangan R, Michaels MG, Schlaudecker EP, Szilagyi PG, Englund JA, Clopper BR, Thornburg NJ, Derado G, McMorrow ML, Dawood FS. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease Burden and Nirsevimab Effectiveness in Young Children From 2023-2024. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Feb 01; 179(2):179-187.
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Taliwal N, Pandya A, Dixon A, Tibrewal A, Kumar RJ, Doshi K, Warady BA, Raina R. Economic burden of inpatient hospitalizations for pediatric chronic kidney disease in the US. Pediatr Nephrol. 2025 Apr; 40(4):1059-1068.
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El Tal T, Ryan ME, Feldman BM, Bingham CA, Burnham JM, Batthish M, Bullock D, Ferraro K, Gilbert M, Gillispie-Taylor M, Gottlieb B, Harris JG, Hazen M, Laxer RM, Lee TC, Lovell D, Mannion M, Noonan L, Oberle E, Taylor J, Weiss JE, Toruner CY, Morgan EM. Consensus Approach to a Treat-to-target Strategy in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Care: Report From the 2020 PR-COIN Consensus Conference. J Rheumatol. 2022 05; 49(5):497-503.
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Jones JT, Smith C, Becker ML, Lovell D. Down Syndrome-Associated Arthritis Cohort in the New Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry: Clinical Characteristics, Treatment, and Outcomes. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 12; 73(12):1739-1745.
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Ooi JY, Wolfenden L, Sutherland R, Nathan N, Oldmeadow C, Mclaughlin M, Barnes C, Hall A, Vanderlee L, Yoong SL. A Systematic Review of the Recent Consumption Levels of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Children and Adolescents From the World Health Organization Regions With High Dietary-Related Burden of Disease. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2022 01; 34(1):11-24.
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Pindyck T, Hall AJ, Tate JE, Cardemil CV, Kambhampati AK, Wikswo ME, Payne DC, Grytdal S, Boom JA, Englund JA, Klein EJ, Halasa N, Selvarangan R, Staat MA, Weinberg GA, Beenhouwer DO, Brown ST, Holodniy M, Lucero-Obusan C, Marconi VC, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Parashar U. Validation of Acute Gastroenteritis-related International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification Codes in Pediatric and Adult US Populations. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 05 23; 70(11):2423-2427.
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Hao S, ?stensson E, Eklund M, Gr?nberg H, Nordstr?m T, Heintz E, Clements M. The economic burden of prostate cancer - a Swedish prevalence-based register study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 May 20; 20(1):448.
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Wikswo ME, Parashar UD, Lopman B, Selvarangan R, Harrison CJ, Azimi PH, Boom JA, Sahni LC, Englund JA, Klein EJ, Staat MA, McNeal MM, Halasa N, Chappell J, Weinberg GA, Szilagyi PG, Esona MD, Bowen MD, Payne DC. Evidence for Household Transmission of Rotavirus in the United States, 2011-2016. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020 Apr 30; 9(2):181-187.
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