Creator:

Ontario Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance

Geography:

North America > Canada

Categories:

• Chronic Diseases
• Health Economics/Healthcare Costs

Tags:

• burden of illness
• cancer
• cardiovascular diseases
• diabetes
• drug costs
• health care costs
• hypertension
• musculoskeletal disorders
• neuropsychiatric diseases
• respiratory diseases

Date:

1995-2003

URL:

http://www.cdpac.ca/media.php?mid=260

Annotation:

Costs for eight types of chronic diseases are presented in the tables: such as cancer, musculoskeletal disease, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, neuropsychiatric diseases, respiratory diseases, and other miscellaneous diseases. In addition, cost estimates were provided for several risk factors: physical inactivity, obesity, and tobacco and alcohol consumption.