"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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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2006 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2014 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2015 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2016 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2017 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2018 | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 2019 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2021 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cost of Illness" by people in Profiles.
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Economic and humanistic burden of chronic liver diseases in the United States. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2026 Mar; 26(3):379-387.
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Burden of Central Nervous System Cancer in the United States, 1990-2021. JAMA Neurol. 2026 Jan 01; 83(1):35-48.
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Evolving burden of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and its complications in a US nationwide healthcare system. Hepatol Commun. 2026 Jan 01; 10(1).
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Pediatric Neuroinflammatory Disorders: Patterns of Hospital Utilization and Population Burden. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 Dec 01; 15(12):e566-e574.
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Global, regional, and national burden of headache disorders, 1990-2021, with forecasts to 2050: A Global Burden of Disease study 2021. Cell Rep Med. 2025 Oct 21; 6(10):102348.
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Research Burden in Pediatric Cancer: A Mixed Methods Study From the PediQUEST Response Trial. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2025 Dec; 70(6):649-663.
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Bridging psychiatry and rare genetic diseases: a scoping review of therapeutic strategies and diagnostic delay paired with healthcare economic burden analysis. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2025 Aug 01; 20(1):393.
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The Current and Future Burden of Long COVID in the United States. J Infect Dis. 2025 Jul 11; 231(6):1581-1590.
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The burden of delayed diagnosis in Hirschsprung disease: insights from a Paediatric Colorectal Centre in South Africa. BMC Pediatr. 2025 Jul 10; 25(1):547.
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Burden of Oral Corticosteroid Use in Severe Asthma: Challenges and Opportunities. Allergy. 2025 Aug; 80(8):2113-2127.