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Approaches to Study the Burden of Illness

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Ill health and, therefore, the need for healthcare can affect the allocation of existing resources of households. Healthcare demand depends on many factors, one of the most visible and important being healthcare costs. There are different approaches to study the economic burden of healthcare. The article discusses the different methodological approaches to study the burden of illness. The approaches include cost of illness approach (direct and indirect cost), human capital approach (Grossman 1972) and frictional cost approach (productivity loss), out-of-pocket expenditure on health and catastrophic expenditure. Some empirical evidence on the impact of the burden of healthcare on the households’ economy is highlighted.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16148135

Author: Esther Ngaihte1*, Nidhi Gupta2

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare Systems and Reforms

Subfield: Finance

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6930835474

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