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Descriptor English: Cost of Illness
Descriptor Spanish: Costo de Enfermedad
Descriptor coste de las enfermedades
Entry term(s) carga de la enfermedad
carga de las dolencias
carga de las enfermedades
carga de morbimortalidad
coste de la enfermedad para el paciente
costes de las dolencias
Scope note: Coste personal de una enfermedad aguda o crónica. El coste para el paciente puede ser económico, social o psicológico, o constituir una pérdida personal para sí mismo, su familia o la comunidad más inmediata. El coste de la enfermedad puede reflejarse en el absentismo, la productividad, la respuesta al tratamiento, la tranquilidad mental, la CALIDAD DE VIDA, etc. Difiere del término COSTES DE LA ASISTENCIA SANITARIA que es el coste que implica para la sociedad la prestación de servicios relacionados con los cuidados de la salud y no la repercusión personal sobre los individuos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Efeitos Psicossociais da Doença
Descriptor French: Coûts indirects de la maladie
Entry term(s): Burden Of Disease
Burden Of Diseases
Burden of Illness
Burden, Disease
Cost of Disease
Cost of Sickness
Cost, Disease
Costs of Disease
Costs, Disease
Costs, Sickness
Disease Burden
Disease Burdens
Disease Cost
Disease Costs
Economic Burden of Disease
Illness Burden
Illness Burdens
Illness Cost
Illness Costs
Sickness Cost
Sickness Costs
Tree number(s): N03.219.151.165
N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.182
N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.046
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017281
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: coordinate with specific disease; if monetary cost in disease, coordinate with specific disease /econ
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Costs and Cost Analysis (1966-1992)
specific disease (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
Related: Quality of Life MeSH
DeCS ID: 30769
Unique ID: D017281
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/07
Revision Date: 2020/01/16
Cost of Illness - Preferred
Concept UI M0026234
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Cost of Illness
Entry term(s) Burden Of Disease
Burden Of Diseases
Burden of Illness
Burden, Disease
Cost of Disease
Cost of Sickness
Cost, Disease
Costs of Disease
Costs, Disease
Costs, Sickness
Disease Burden
Disease Burdens
Disease Cost
Disease Costs
Economic Burden of Disease
Illness Burden
Illness Burdens
Illness Cost
Illness Costs
Sickness Cost
Sickness Costs



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