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Comment
. 2023 Oct 23;1(1):23.
doi: 10.1186/s44263-023-00021-6.

What is the value of disease expenditure studies? An argument for an international database of spending estimates

Emily Bourke  1 , Samantha Grimshaw  2 , Tony Blakely  2
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What is the value of disease expenditure studies? An argument for an international database of spending estimates

Emily Bourke et al. BMC Glob Public Health. .

Abstract

Based on a recent study on disease-specific health spending by age, sex, and type of care in Norway, we argue for the need to improve disease spending estimates and to create a database similar to the Global Burden of Disease Study.

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Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: Not applicable. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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