The impact of Seven Major Noncommunicable Diseases on Direct Medical Costs, Absenteeism, and Presenteeism in Gulf Cooperation Council countries

To estimate the current burden of seven major noncommunicable diseases on direct medical costs, absenteeism, and presenteeism in the six countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The economic burden of noncommunicable disease...

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Main Authors: Finkelstein, Eric Andrew, Malkin, Jesse D., Baid, Drishti, Alqunaibet, Ada, Mahdi, Khaled, Hamad Al-Thani, Mohammed Bin, Bin Belaila, Buthaina Abdulla, Nawakhtha, Ebrahim Al, Alqahtani, Saleh, El-Saharty, Sameh, Herbst, Christopher H.
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Published: Taylor and Francis 2022
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spelling okr-10986-370042022-02-23T05:10:40Z The impact of Seven Major Noncommunicable Diseases on Direct Medical Costs, Absenteeism, and Presenteeism in Gulf Cooperation Council countries Finkelstein, Eric Andrew Malkin, Jesse D. Baid, Drishti Alqunaibet, Ada Mahdi, Khaled Hamad Al-Thani, Mohammed Bin Bin Belaila, Buthaina Abdulla Nawakhtha, Ebrahim Al Alqahtani, Saleh El-Saharty, Sameh Herbst, Christopher H. GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES DIRECT MEDICAL COSTS ABSENTEEISM PRESENTEEISM To estimate the current burden of seven major noncommunicable diseases on direct medical costs, absenteeism, and presenteeism in the six countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The economic burden of noncommunicable diseases in Gulf Cooperation Council countries is substantial, suggesting that successful preventive interventions have the potential to improve both population health and reduce costs. Further research is needed to capture a broader array of noncommunicable diseases and to develop more precise estimates. 2022-02-22T15:18:14Z 2022-02-22T15:18:14Z 2021-07-06 Journal Article Journal of Medical Economics 1369-6998 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37004 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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topic GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL
NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
DIRECT MEDICAL COSTS
ABSENTEEISM
PRESENTEEISM
spellingShingle GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL
NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
DIRECT MEDICAL COSTS
ABSENTEEISM
PRESENTEEISM
Finkelstein, Eric Andrew
Malkin, Jesse D.
Baid, Drishti
Alqunaibet, Ada
Mahdi, Khaled
Hamad Al-Thani, Mohammed Bin
Bin Belaila, Buthaina Abdulla
Nawakhtha, Ebrahim Al
Alqahtani, Saleh
El-Saharty, Sameh
Herbst, Christopher H.
The impact of Seven Major Noncommunicable Diseases on Direct Medical Costs, Absenteeism, and Presenteeism in Gulf Cooperation Council countries
description To estimate the current burden of seven major noncommunicable diseases on direct medical costs, absenteeism, and presenteeism in the six countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The economic burden of noncommunicable diseases in Gulf Cooperation Council countries is substantial, suggesting that successful preventive interventions have the potential to improve both population health and reduce costs. Further research is needed to capture a broader array of noncommunicable diseases and to develop more precise estimates.
format Journal Article
author Finkelstein, Eric Andrew
Malkin, Jesse D.
Baid, Drishti
Alqunaibet, Ada
Mahdi, Khaled
Hamad Al-Thani, Mohammed Bin
Bin Belaila, Buthaina Abdulla
Nawakhtha, Ebrahim Al
Alqahtani, Saleh
El-Saharty, Sameh
Herbst, Christopher H.
author_facet Finkelstein, Eric Andrew
Malkin, Jesse D.
Baid, Drishti
Alqunaibet, Ada
Mahdi, Khaled
Hamad Al-Thani, Mohammed Bin
Bin Belaila, Buthaina Abdulla
Nawakhtha, Ebrahim Al
Alqahtani, Saleh
El-Saharty, Sameh
Herbst, Christopher H.
author_sort Finkelstein, Eric Andrew
title The impact of Seven Major Noncommunicable Diseases on Direct Medical Costs, Absenteeism, and Presenteeism in Gulf Cooperation Council countries
title_short The impact of Seven Major Noncommunicable Diseases on Direct Medical Costs, Absenteeism, and Presenteeism in Gulf Cooperation Council countries
title_full The impact of Seven Major Noncommunicable Diseases on Direct Medical Costs, Absenteeism, and Presenteeism in Gulf Cooperation Council countries
title_fullStr The impact of Seven Major Noncommunicable Diseases on Direct Medical Costs, Absenteeism, and Presenteeism in Gulf Cooperation Council countries
title_full_unstemmed The impact of Seven Major Noncommunicable Diseases on Direct Medical Costs, Absenteeism, and Presenteeism in Gulf Cooperation Council countries
title_sort impact of seven major noncommunicable diseases on direct medical costs, absenteeism, and presenteeism in gulf cooperation council countries
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2022
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37004
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