New Report: Economic Burden of Disease in Women

Posted by on October 26, 2009

Analysis Assesses Economic Burden of Disease for Women

Women’s Health and Health Care Reform: The Economic Burden of Disease in Women underscores the roles of both preventive care and continuity of care for women across the lifespan, including primary care, specialty care, and pregnancy care. The report, prepared by the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services with support from the Women Donors Network and the Communications Consortium Media Center, is based on secondary data sources from nationally representative surveys. Topics include direct and indirect cost estimates for the major chronic health conditions faced by women (cardiovascular disease, mental disorders, breast cancer, cervical cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, intimate partner violence, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and AIDS), as well as for health-related behaviors (smoking and obesity). Health disparities in outcomes are also identified. A figure illustrates the range of health care screening, counseling, and early intervention health care services that are important for women at each stage of their lives.

http://www.wellwoman09.org/materials/GWReport-CostBurdenofChronicIllnessFINAL.pdf