… , the economic effect of chronic diseases will be different if the diseases affect people primarily
during their productive working years versus after retirement and if the disease is treated …

… of chronic diseases is increasing worldwide and there is very little empirical evidence regarding
the economic impact of chronic diseases on … on how chronic diseases affect household …

… economic perspective on the prevention of chronic diseases, focusing in particular on
diseases … framework is centred on the hypothesis that the prevention of chronic diseases may …

… We study the economic support of elderly patients with chronic diseases in three regions …
of economic support on different health dimensions of elderly patients with chronic diseases. …

… We have established the Chronic Disease Action Group to encourage, support, and monitor
action on the implementation of evidence-based efforts to promote global, regional, and …

… to chronic diseases and their risk factors, other than being overweight. The estimated economic
loss caused by chronic diseases … Chronic diseases were also shown to cause economic …

… chronic diseases … chronic diseases jeopardizes the financial sustainability of health care
systems and, therefore, the efficiency of health care. Total health care costs for chronic diseases …

… Such programs should be rigorously evaluated, and their effectiveness claims should be
supported by carefully derived and credible information. Similarly, organizations that accredit or …

Background: Quality of life (QoL) is an important tool for evaluating the effect of a disease as
well as effects of treatment interventions. The present study is aimed to investigate QoL of …

… disease burden and loss of economic output associated with chronic diseases—mainly
cardiovascular diseases… estimate of the economic effect of chronic diseases since it focused only …