Essays about: "cost of illness"

Showing result 16 - 19 of 19 essays containing the words cost of illness.

  1. 16. Societal Costs Associated with Air Pollution Related Ill-health: A Review of Methods and Results

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Tanjima Pervin; [2008]
    Keywords : air pollution; ill-health; societal costs; systematic review; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The aim of the paper is to provide a systematic review of the estimation of cost-of-illness (COI) due to air and noise pollution related ill-health. The methodology used for the review includes a systematic search on electronic databases for peer-review published literature and manual searches for the identification of unpublished literature. READ MORE

  3. 17. 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

  4. 18. 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

  5. 19. The right to health and right to intellectual property in the EU. Analysis of the internal and external policies.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Beata Faracik; [2002]
    Keywords : Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : It is very common nowadays to speak of an ''information society'' in which control of information or information based knowledge has replaced control over matter as an ultimate source of economic power. The intellectual creations protected through patents, trade marks, copyrights etc constitute often a huge part of the companies' intangible assets. READ MORE