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01-10-2016 | Research Letter

Publication of Cost-of-Illness Studies: Does Methodological Complexity Matter?

Authors: T. Joseph Mattingly II, C. Daniel Mullins, Eberechukwu Onukwugha

Published in: PharmacoEconomics | Issue 10/2016

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Cost-of-illness (COI) refers to the economic framework researchers have used to measure and describe the costs associated with specific diseases [1]. Expansion in the number as well as the types of methods used to calculate COI have been reported over time; however, utilization of more complex methods has remained unchanged [2‐4]. With this expansion, inconsistencies observed across cost calculations for the same disease state raise questions about the validity and usefulness of these studies [5]. A review of 21 COI studies on Alzheimer’s disease found that total annual costs varied from US$5.6 billion to US$88.3 billion in the United States, demonstrating the wide variability [6]. …

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Title: Publication of Cost-of-Illness Studies: Does Methodological Complexity Matter?
Authors: T. Joseph Mattingly II
C. Daniel Mullins
Eberechukwu Onukwugha
Publication date: 01-10-2016
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: PharmacoEconomics / Issue 10/2016
Print ISSN: 1170-7690
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2027
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-016-0438-4

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