Essays about: "Cost-of-illness"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 essays containing the word Cost-of-illness.

  1. 6. A Cost-of-illness Study : of skin, soft tissue, bone and lung infections caused by Staphylococci

    University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jessica Höjvall; [2006]
    Keywords : Cost-of-illness; Staphalycocci infections; ICD-10; antibiotic resistance;

    Abstract : The essay investigates the economic burden of skin, soft tissue, bone and lung infections in Sweden 2003. The cost-of-illness method, based on the human capital theory, is used in the estimation. A prevalence approach and a top-down method were chosen for direct as well as indirect costs. READ MORE

  3. 7. The societal burden of alcohol misuse: literature review and cost of alcohol related hospitalisation in Skåne, Sweden - 2003

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Johan Jarl; [2005]
    Keywords : Health economics; Alcohol; Cost-of-illness; Hospitalisation; Skåne; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This essay aims to estimate the cost of hospitalisation in 2003 for Region Skåne for diseases fully attributable to alcohol. An included review of cost-of-illness studies of societal costs of alcohol misuse reaches the conclusions that comparability between studies has increased in recent years as a result, among others, of the establishing of international guidelines. READ MORE