"Cost of Illness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D017281
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.151.165 N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.182 N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.046
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| Concept/Terms |
Cost of Illness- Cost of Illness
- Illness Cost
- Illness Costs
- Sickness Cost
- Costs, Sickness
- Burden of Illness
- Illness Burden
- Illness Burdens
- Cost of Disease
- Economic Burden of Disease
- Disease Cost
- Cost, Disease
- Costs, Disease
- Disease Costs
- Cost of Sickness
- Sickness Costs
- Costs of Disease
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cost of Illness" by people in Profiles.
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National survey of financial burden and experience among patients with cancer and autoimmune disease receiving charitable copay assistance. Cancer. 2025 Jan 15; 131(2):e35721.
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Financial Toxicity in Older Adults With Cancer and Their Caregivers. JCO Oncol Pract. 2025 Jan; 21(1):92-99.
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Attributable disease burden related to low bone mineral density in Iran from 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease 2019. Arch Osteoporos. 2022 11 10; 17(1):140.
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Financial Toxicity, Symptom Burden, Illness Perceptions, and Communication Confidence in Cancer Clinical Trial Participants. JCO Oncol Pract. 2022 09; 18(9):e1427-e1437.
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Automated Annotation of Epileptiform Burden and Its Association with Outcomes. Ann Neurol. 2021 08; 90(2):300-311.
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Material, behavioral, and psychological financial hardship among survivors of childhood cancer in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Cancer. 2021 09 01; 127(17):3214-3222.
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Clinical disease activity and flare in SLE: Current concepts and novel biomarkers. J Autoimmun. 2021 05; 119:102615.
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Health care-related time costs in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Cancer Med. 2020 11; 9(22):8423-8431.
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Perceptions of medical status and treatment goal among older adults with advanced cancer. J Geriatr Oncol. 2020 07; 11(6):937-943.
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Difficulty envisioning a positive future: Secondary analyses in patients in intensive care who are communication vulnerable. Nurs Health Sci. 2020 Jun; 22(2):374-380.