Socioeconomic costs of food-borne disease using the cost-of-illness model: Applying the QALY method

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 352-361

  Shin, Hosung ^a   Lee, Suehyung ^a   Kim, Jong Soo ^b   Kim, Jinsuk ^b   Han, Kyu Hong ^b  

^a Korea institute for Health and Social Affairs   (South Korea)

^b Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Food poisoning; Quality adjusted life years

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKING TIME; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77955437087     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2010.43.4.352     Document Type: Article

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