 Cost of Illness
"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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| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2002 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 2003 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2004 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2005 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2007 | 8 | 3 | 11 | | 2008 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2009 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2010 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2011 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2012 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2013 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2014 | 7 | 16 | 23 | | 2015 | 5 | 11 | 16 | | 2016 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2017 | 9 | 4 | 13 | | 2018 | 9 | 7 | 16 | | 2019 | 5 | 11 | 16 | | 2020 | 11 | 9 | 20 | | 2021 | 4 | 14 | 18 | | 2022 | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 2023 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2024 | 5 | 10 | 15 | | 2025 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2026 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cost of Illness" by people in Profiles.
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Achey RL, Manangan A, Fujii Y, Makhlouf M, Chekuri B, Gillespie E, O'Connor T, Bain M, Moore NZ, Hussain MS, Walker LR, Tee Lewis PG. Increasing risk of stroke with increased climate vulnerability: Assessing stroke burden and access to health care according to the climate vulnerability index in the United States. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2026 May; 35(5):108632.
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Adesoba TP, Skaar JR, Goss A, Han Y, Zhao X, Ding Y, Zhou Y, Harrington J. Economic burden associated with systemic inflammation in patients with HFmrEF/HFpEF. Am Heart J. 2026 Aug; 298:107439.
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Koumans EHA, Khan D, Trejo I, Deng L, Devine O, Smith-Jeffcoat SE, Hamid S, Patton ME, Carter E, Aggarwal M, Pham H, Patel K, Whitaker M, Wiegand RE, Gregory CO, Ortega-Sanchez IR, Derado G, Iuliano AD, Reed C, Hall AJ, Taylor CA, Havers F, Anderson BJ, Asturias E, Bowman NM, Chai SJ, Chu HY, Como-Sabetti K, Ellingson KD, Felsen CB, Grijalva CG, Hill M, Kawasaki B, Lutrick K, Maldonado Y, Martin ET, Monto AS, Morrissey KG, Naleway AL, Nguyen HQ, Plano J, Rao S, Ryan PA, Sosin DM, Stockwell MS, Sutton M, Talbot HK, Witt LS. Estimated Burden of COVID-19 Illnesses, Medical Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths in the US From October 2022 to September 2024. JAMA Intern Med. 2026 03 01; 186(3):321-330.
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Smith KC, Brown C, Hyle EP, Zafarnejad R, Brown TT, Freedberg KA, Erlandson KM, Losina E. Modeled Health and Economic Burden of Frailty and Falls Among Adults With HIV. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Jan 02; 9(1):e2554809.
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Bui QM, McCain J, Allen LA, Adler ED, Anderson C, Bloss C, Rabin BA, Urey MA. Living with Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy from a patient perspective. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2025 11 12; 25(1):802.
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Hanson KA, Austin J, Clayton N, Anderson P, Vano-Galvan S, Marwaha S, Kurosky SK, Lejeune A, Piercy J, Law EH. Patient-Reported Psychosocial Burdens and Quality of Life and Work Productivity Impacts Among Patients with Clinically Distinct Alopecia Areata Severity Profiles. Adv Ther. 2025 Sep; 42(9):4556-4570.
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Sarode AL, Su E, Drost J, Evan M, Haselton L, Blecker N. The economic burden of hip fractures in the geriatric population by mental health illness and substance Use Status: National estimates 2016 to 2020. Injury. 2025 Oct; 56(10):112615.
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Wheeler AP, Cibelli E, Hanson G, Percier C, Porstmann T, Shridhar N, Shapiro A. Treatment and Disease Burden in a Cohort of People With Haemophilia Without Inhibitors in the United States. Haemophilia. 2025 Sep; 31(5):912-921.
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Forero Molina MA, Kram YE, Lanser BJ. The Global Burden of Food Allergy. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2025 Aug; 45(3):325-337.
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Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Nat Commun. 2025 May 07; 16(1):4235.
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