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ArticleFrontiers in public health2024

Health care expenses impact on the disability-adjusted life years in non-communicable diseases in the European Union.

Margarida Torres, Alcina Nunes, João P Martins, Pedro L Ferreira, Rui Pimenta

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Margarida TorresEscola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, Porto, Portugal.
Alcina NunesUNIAG, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal.
João P MartinsEscola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, Porto, Portugal.
Pedro L FerreiraCentre for Health Studies and Research of University of Coimbra, Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Coimbra, Portugal.
Rui PimentaEscola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, Porto, Portugal.
University of Coimbra · PTPolytechnic Institute of Bragança · PTPolytechnic Institute of Porto · PTUniversity of Lisbon · PT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Non-communicable diseases are a global health problem. The metric Disability-Adjusted Life Years was developed to measure its impact on health systems. This metric makes it possible to understand a disease's burden, towards defining healthcare policies. This research analysed the effect of healthcare expenditures in the evolution of disability-adjusted life years for non-communicable diseases in the European Union between 2000 and 2019. Methods: Data were collected for all 27 European Union countries from Global Burden of Disease 2019, Global Health Expenditure, and EUROSTAT databases. Econometric panel data models were used to assess the impact of healthcare expenses on the disability-adjusted life years. Only models with a coefficient of determination equal to or higher than 10% were analysed. Results: There was a decrease in the non-communicable diseases with the highest disability-adjusted life years: cardiovascular diseases ( Conclusion: Health expenditure have proved to be effective in the reduction of several diseases. However, some categories such as musculoskeletal and mental disorders must be a priority for health policies in the future since, despite their low mortality, they can present high morbidity and disability.

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Disability-Adjusted Life YearsEuropean UnionHealth ExpendituresNoncommunicable DiseasesCost of IllnessFemaleGlobal Burden of DiseaseHumansMalePersons with Disabilitieschronic diseasesdisease burdenhealth expenditurehealth policypanel dataprivate health expenditurepublic health expenditure

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