Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
Title: | Cost of low back pain in Switzerland in 2005 |
Authors: | Wieser, Simon Horisberger, Bruno Schmidhauser, Sara Eisenring, Claudia Brügger, Urs Ruckstuhl, Andreas Dietrich, Jürg Mannion, Anne F. Elfering, Achim Tamcan, Özgür Müller, Urs |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10198-010-0258-y |
Published in: | Journal of Health Economics |
Volume(Issue): | 12 |
Issue: | 5 |
Page(s): | 455 |
Pages to: | 467 |
Issue Date: | Oct-2011 |
Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 0167-6296 |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | Gesundheitsökonomie; WIG; Krankheitskosten; Rückenschmerz |
Subject (DDC): | 362.1041: Health economics 617.5: Orthopaedic surgery |
Abstract: | Low back pain (LBP) is the most prevalent health problem in Switzerland and a leading cause of reduced work performance and disability. This study estimated the total cost of LBP in Switzerland in 2005 from a societal perspective using a bottom-up prevalence-based cost-of-illness approach. The study considers more cost categories than are typically investigated and includes the costs associated with a multitude of LBP sufferers who are not under medical care. The findings are based on a questionnaire completed by a sample of 2,507 German-speaking respondents, of whom 1,253 suffered from LBP in the last 4 weeks; 346 of these were receiving medical treatment for their LBP. Direct costs of LBP were estimated at €2.6 billion and direct medical costs at 6.1% of the total healthcare expenditure in Switzerland. Productivity losses were estimated at €4.1 billion with the human capital approach and €2.2 billion with the friction cost approach. Presenteeism was the single most prominent cost category. The total economic burden of LBP to Swiss society was between 1.6% and 2.3% of GDP. |
URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/7230 |
Fulltext version: | Published version |
License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
Departement: | School of Engineering |
Organisational Unit: | Institute of Data Analysis and Process Design (IDP) |
Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
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Wieser, S., Horisberger, B., Schmidhauser, S., Eisenring, C., Brügger, U., Ruckstuhl, A., Dietrich, J., Mannion, A. F., Elfering, A., Tamcan, Ö., & Müller, U. (2011). Cost of low back pain in Switzerland in 2005. Journal of Health Economics, 12(5), 455–467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-010-0258-y
Wieser, S. et al. (2011) ‘Cost of low back pain in Switzerland in 2005’, Journal of Health Economics, 12(5), pp. 455–467. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-010-0258-y.
S. Wieser et al., “Cost of low back pain in Switzerland in 2005,” Journal of Health Economics, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 455–467, Oct. 2011, doi: 10.1007/s10198-010-0258-y.
WIESER, Simon, Bruno HORISBERGER, Sara SCHMIDHAUSER, Claudia EISENRING, Urs BRÜGGER, Andreas RUCKSTUHL, Jürg DIETRICH, Anne F. MANNION, Achim ELFERING, Özgür TAMCAN und Urs MÜLLER, 2011. Cost of low back pain in Switzerland in 2005. Journal of Health Economics. Oktober 2011. Bd. 12, Nr. 5, S. 455–467. DOI 10.1007/s10198-010-0258-y
Wieser, Simon, Bruno Horisberger, Sara Schmidhauser, Claudia Eisenring, Urs Brügger, Andreas Ruckstuhl, Jürg Dietrich, et al. 2011. “Cost of Low Back Pain in Switzerland in 2005.” Journal of Health Economics 12 (5): 455–67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-010-0258-y.
Wieser, Simon, et al. “Cost of Low Back Pain in Switzerland in 2005.” Journal of Health Economics, vol. 12, no. 5, Oct. 2011, pp. 455–67, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-010-0258-y.
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