Costs of selected diseases in the UK (1999 prices)
| Disease group | Direct health care cost (£ million) | Productivity loss and/or informal care cost (£ million) | Total costs (£ million) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Estimate adjusted for “friction” period (see text for explanation). | ||||
| Coronary heart disease* | 1730 | 5325 | 7055 | Present study |
| Back pain* | 1673 | 5143 | 6816 | Maniadakis and Gray 20004 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 969 | 1049 | 2018 | McIntosh 19967 |
| Alzheimer’s disease | 1993 | 0 | 1993 | Gray and Fenn 199312 |
| Lower respiratory tract infections | 1825 | 0 | 1825 | Guest and Morris 19966 |
| Stroke | 1655 | 0 | 1655 | Dale 198916 |
| Diabetes | 1304 | 0 | 1304 | Laing and Williams 198918 |
| Arthritis | 978 | 0 | 978 | Wyles 199213 |
| Multiple sclerosis | 85 | 452 | 536 | Holmes et al 199417 |
| Migraine | 45 | 378 | 424 | Bosanquet and Zammit-Lucia 199014 |
| Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism | 386 | 0 | 386 | Griffin 19965 |
| Depression | 366 | 0 | 366 | Jonsson and Bebbington 199410 |
| Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus | 273 | 0 | 273 | Gray et al 19958 |
| Critical limb ischaemia | 269 | 0 | 269 | Hart and Guest 19959 |
| Epilepsy | 235 | 0 | 235 | Griffin and Wyles 199115 |
| Benign prostatic hyperplasia | 134 | 21 | 155 | Drummond et al 199311 |