The extra cost of comorbidity: multiple illnesses and the economic burden of non-communicable diseases

Abstract Background The literature offers competing estimates of disease costs, with each study having its own data and methods. In 2007, the Dutch Center for Public Health Forecasting of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment provided guidelines that can be used to set up cost...

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Main Authors: Sébastien Cortaredona, Bruno Ventelou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0978-2