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.

MeSH information

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The personal cost of disease which may be economic, social, or psychological. 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, the societal cost of providing services related to the delivery of health care.

Descriptor ID	D017281
MeSH Number(s)	N03.219.151.165 N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.182 N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.046
Concept/Terms	Cost of Illness Cost of Illness Illness Cost Illness Costs Sickness Cost Costs, Sickness Burden of Illness Illness Burden Illness Burdens Cost of Disease Economic Burden of Disease Disease Cost Cost, Disease Costs, Disease Disease Costs Cost of Sickness Sickness Costs Costs of Disease

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cost of Illness".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Economics [N03.219]
Costs and Cost Analysis [N03.219.151]
Cost of Illness [N03.219.151.165]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Data Collection [N05.715.360.300]
Surveys and Questionnaires [N05.715.360.300.800]
Health Surveys [N05.715.360.300.800.438]
Health Status Indicators [N05.715.360.300.800.438.375]
Cost of Illness [N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.182]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
Surveys and Questionnaires [N06.850.520.308.980]
Health Surveys [N06.850.520.308.980.438]
Health Status Indicators [N06.850.520.308.980.438.475]
Cost of Illness [N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.046]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Cost of Illness".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Cost of Illness".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cost of Illness" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cost of Illness" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 229 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 27 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	2	2
1999	2	1	3
2000	2	3	5
2001	2	1	3
2002	0	3	3
2003	4	1	5
2004	7	2	9
2005	2	2	4
2006	7	3	10
2007	3	8	11
2008	6	5	11
2009	5	4	9
2010	9	4	13
2011	6	2	8
2012	4	3	7
2013	5	7	12
2014	5	5	10
2015	0	3	3
2016	5	5	10
2017	3	6	9
2018	9	4	13
2019	11	16	27
2020	4	7	11
2021	6	3	9
2022	0	5	5
2023	2	1	3
2024	4	7	11

Below are the most recent publications written about "Cost of Illness" by people in Profiles.

Johnston-Webber C, Bencomo-Bermudez I, Wharton G, van Kessel R, Barone S, Munt? FB, Chadban S, Sanchez JJG, Kocks JWH, Obolensky K, Sandow P, Skolnik N, Zhao MH, Volaco A, Wheeler DC, McGuire A, Mossialos E. A conceptual framework to assess the health, socioeconomic and environmental burden of chronic kidney disease. Health Policy. 2025 Feb; 152:105244.

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Garvey E, Duffy A, Tekumalla S, Naimi B, Kahn C, Yang A, Urdang Z, Farquhar D, Rosen M, Nyquist GG, Toskala E, Rabinowitz M. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Chronic Rhinosinusitis: Understanding the Impact of OSA on CRS?Disease Burden. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Dec; 171(6):1879-1886.

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Angeles MR, Dinh TTN, Zhao T, de Graaff B, Hensher M. The economic burden of long COVID in Australia: more noise than signal? Med J Aust. 2024 Nov 04; 221 Suppl 9:S31-S39.

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Peres MFP, ?zge A, Burstein R. Headache burden among schoolchildren in Sub-Saharan Africa on the map for targeted solutions. Cephalalgia. 2024 Oct; 44(10):3331024241288530.

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Khan AZ, Liu HH, Costouros JG, Best MJ, Fedorka CJ, Sanders B, Abboud JA, Warner JJP, Fares MY, Kirsch JM, Simon JE, O'Donnell EA, Woodmass J, Armstrong AD, Zhang X, Beck da Silva Etges AP, Jones P, Haas DA, Gottschalk MB. Revision shoulder arthroplasty: predictors of subsequent revision surgery and economic burden amongst Medicare beneficiaries. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2025 Apr; 34(4):1120-1129.

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Lanzkron S, Crook N, Wu J, Hussain S, Curtis RG, Robertson D, Baker JR, Nugent D, Soni A, Roberts JC, Ullman MM, Kanter J, Nichol MB. Costs and impact of disease in adults with sickle cell disease: a pilot study. Blood Adv. 2024 07 23; 8(14):3629-3638.

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Mady LJ, Goldberg ZN, de Almeida JR. Addressing Financial Toxicity in Head and Neck Cancer-A Crucial Imperative. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 06 01; 150(6):455-456.

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Samaha NL, Mady LJ, Armache M, Hearn M, Stemme R, Jagsi R, Gharzai LA. Screening for Financial Toxicity Among Patients With Cancer: A Systematic Review. J Am Coll Radiol. 2024 Sep; 21(9):1380-1397.

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Thomas J, Ashkenazi I, Katzman JL, Arshi A, Lajam CM, Schwarzkopf R. Is It Getting More Expensive to Treat Patients Who Have a High Comorbidity Burden? Financial Trends in Total Knee Arthroplasty From 2013 to 2021. J Arthroplasty. 2024 Sep; 39(9S2):S88-S94.

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Dodick DW, Reed ML, Lee L, Balkaran BL, Umashankar K, Parikh M, Gandhi P, Buse DC. Impact of headache frequency and preventive treatment failure on quality of life, disability, and direct and indirect costs among individuals with episodic migraine in the United States. Headache. 2024 04; 64(4):361-373.

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