Abstract Background In the European Union (EU), between 44 and 76 million individuals of
the 217 million EU employees suffer from allergic disease of the airways or the skin. Up to …

Abstract Cost-of-illness (COI) studies often include the 'indirect'cost of lost production
resulting from disease, disability, and premature death, which is an important component of …

Low back pain (LBP) is the most prevalent health problem in Switzerland and a leading
cause of reduced work performance and disability. This study estimated the total cost of LBP …

The objective of this study was to estimate the burden of disease in incident patients with
non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD). A sample of 7 073 357 …

Objectives Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is one of the leading nosocomial infections
worldwide, resulting in a significantly increasing burden on the healthcare systems …

Objective To estimate the changes in direct and indirect costs induced by patients with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in German rheumatology, between 2002 and 2011. To examine the …

Background Reliable up-to-date estimates regarding the economic impact of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are lacking. This study investigates COPD excess …

This study aimed to estimate the health burden and the direct as well as indirect costs of
morbidity and mortality attributable to obesity and overweight in Germany for the year 2002 …

Objective To provide first data on the cost of epilepsy and cost‐driving factors in children,
adolescents, and their caregivers in Germany. Methods A population‐based, cross …

Context: Disfiguring proptosis and functional impairment in patients with Graves' orbitopathy
(GO) may lead to impaired earning capacity and to considerable indirect/direct costs …