ArticleThe journal of headache and pain2011
Service use and costs for people with headache: a UK primary care study.
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- Anti-CGRP mAbs for the Preventive Treatment of Migraine: An Overview Review and a Cost Saving Analysis in the Global Scenario.Hospital pharmacy · 2024Article
- The Hidden Economic Consequences of Migraine to the UK Government: Burden-of-Disease Analysis Using a Fiscal Framework.Journal of health economics and outcomes research · 2023Article
- Multinational descriptive analysis of the real-world burden of headache using the Migraine Buddy application.European journal of neurology · 2021Article
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- Manual therapy for chronic migraine: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial study protocol.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2019Article
- Primary care management of headaches and how direct-access MRI fits: a qualitative study of UK general practitioners' views.BMJ open · 2017Article
- Pathophysiology of Migraine: A Disorder of Sensory Processing.Physiological reviews · 2017Review
- Systematic review of cognitive behavioural therapy for the management of headaches and migraines in adults.British journal of pain · 2015Article
- Patients' experiences of a behavioural intervention for migraine headache: a qualitative study.The journal of headache and pain · 2015Article
- Will (or can) people pay for headache care in a poor country?The journal of headache and pain · 2012Article
- Time to act on headache disorders.The journal of headache and pain · 2011Article
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Abstract
This paper aims to estimate the service and social costs of headache presenting in primary care and to identify predictors of headache costs. Patients were recruited from GP practices in England and service use and lost employment recorded. Predictors of cost were identified using regression models. Service and social costs were available on 288 and 282 patients, respectively. Average service costs over 3 months were £117 whilst total costs (including lost production) were £582. Patients referred to neurologists had service costs that were £82 higher than those not referred (90% CI £36-£128). Costs including lost employment were higher by £150, but this was not significant (90% CI -£139-£439). The annual mean service and social costs, weighted to represent population rates of referral, were £468 and £2328, respectively. Higher costs were significantly related to pain. Age was linked to higher service costs and lower social costs. The figures extrapolated to the whole of the UK suggest £956 million due to service use and £4.8 billion including lost employment. These are likely to be underestimates because many people experiencing headaches do not consult their GP.
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