BACKGROUND The present study aimed to estimate the cost of rheumatoid arthritis and its components in a university hospital-based health management organization in Argentina, during the prebiologic era. METHODS A one-year (2002) observational prevalence, cost-of illness study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis from the societal perspective was performed in a hospital-based health managemen...

OBJECTIVE To determine the direct medical costs of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) to the National Brazilian Health-Care System (NBHCS) and quantify the contribution of each individual component to the total cost. METHODS A retrospective, cross-sectional, nationwide multicentre study was conducted between 2008 and 2010 in 28 public clinics in 20 Brazilian cities. The study included 3180 patie...

PURPOSE To investigate the impact of targeted treatment on direct medical costs of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). MATERIALS AND METHODS Medical records of 108 stage IIIB/IV NSCLC patients treated in Seoul National University Hospital between 2003 and 2009, were reviewed to collect medical resources utilization data from the diagnosis of stage IIIB/IV NSCLC to the e...

We adopted a societal perspective and included all direct medical costs and benefits regardless of who incurred the costs or received the benefits (1,2). Indirect costs such as the lost productivity associated with cervical cancer mortality (3) and direct nonmedical costs such as patent travel time were not included in this analysis because previous studies of HPV vaccination cost-effectiveness...

OBJECTIVES To calculate total costs during the first year after diagnosis in 463 patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) included during 2006-09 (T2) and compare the results with a similar cohort included in 1996-98 (T1). METHOD Clinical and laboratory data were collected regularly in both cohorts, and patients completed biannual questionnaires reporting health care utilization and numb...

The Spanish health system has undergone spectacular development in recent decades. It now provides universal access, almost without direct costs for patients, and achieves high levels of quality and excellence. However, in parallel with other Western countries’ health systems, the Spanish system is showing signs of strain as it faces ever-greater costs as a result of the increased resources nee...

    Background: Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in Iran. However little is known about the economic burden associated with this cancer in Iran. The aim of this study was to estimate the economic burden of colorectal cancer in Iran in the year 2012.    Methods: We used the prevalence-based approach and estimated direct and indirect costs of all color...