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Costs of brain disorders in Finland
Tekijät: Sillanpää M, Andlin-Sobocki P, Lönnqvist J
Julkaisuvuosi: 2008
Lehti: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: Acta neurologica Scandinavica
Lehden akronyymi: Acta Neurol Scand
Vuosikerta: 117
Numero: 3
Aloitussivu: 167
Lopetussivu: 172
Sivujen määrä: 6
ISSN: 0001-6314
eISSN: 1600-0404
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00973.x
Tiivistelmä
To calculate the costs of brain disorders on the national level.\nElectronic data bases, national registers and internet data.\nAny brain disorder was estimated to affect a fifth of the Finnish population. The three most common disorders were migraine, anxiety disorder and affective disorder. The total costs of brain disorders constituted 3% of the national gross product, or 45% of all the health-care costs. However, this is likely a conservative estimate, because not all chronic brain disorders and not all costs were included. Of the total costs of brain disorders, 32% were for direct health care, 23% for indirect medical care and 45% for indirect costs. Dementia was the most costly individual brain disorder followed by addiction and affective disorders. Most costly per case were brain tumours and multiple sclerosis.\nBrain disorders constitute a costly part of the population's health costs. Directed preventive measures are needed to counteract the population morbidity and to control the increasing cost pressure in health care.\nOBJECTIVE\nMETHODS\nRESULTS\nCONCLUSION
To calculate the costs of brain disorders on the national level.\nElectronic data bases, national registers and internet data.\nAny brain disorder was estimated to affect a fifth of the Finnish population. The three most common disorders were migraine, anxiety disorder and affective disorder. The total costs of brain disorders constituted 3% of the national gross product, or 45% of all the health-care costs. However, this is likely a conservative estimate, because not all chronic brain disorders and not all costs were included. Of the total costs of brain disorders, 32% were for direct health care, 23% for indirect medical care and 45% for indirect costs. Dementia was the most costly individual brain disorder followed by addiction and affective disorders. Most costly per case were brain tumours and multiple sclerosis.\nBrain disorders constitute a costly part of the population's health costs. Directed preventive measures are needed to counteract the population morbidity and to control the increasing cost pressure in health care.\nOBJECTIVE\nMETHODS\nRESULTS\nCONCLUSION
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