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Urinary stone disease imposes a large and growing public health burden
Clinical Journal of the American society of NephrologyJuly 2016. Urinary stone disease imposes a large and growing public health burden." "Reducing the public health burden of urinary stone disease will require key advances in understanding environmental, genetic and other individual disease determinants".
https://www.google.comDirect and indirect Costs of nephrolithiasis in an employed population
Direct and indirect Costs of nephrolithiasis in an employed population: An opportunity for disease management?"Clinical Nephrology-Epidemology-Clinical TrialsOctober 2005" Conclusion: The direct and indirect costs of nephrolithiasis (kidney stones) are substantial among working-age adults. Interventions that prevent recurrence among known stone formers may be a cost-effective component of disease management programs."
https://google.comFinancial Toxicity of Kidney Stone Disease Treatment
Financial Toxicity" (FT) is the economic stress associated with the treatment of a condition. First described in the oncology community in 2009, the concept sought to characterize financial consequences of treatment as an "adverse side effect". FT includes patient's direct costs like medical bills, indirect costs like missed work and travel time, and the effects on quality of life""Like cancer, kidney stone disease can exert a tremendous burden on patients due to its recurrent nature needing ongoing treatments and surveillance, and unpredictable emergent symptoms." American Association of Urology "Best Poster" 2022"
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