The economic burden of chronic diseases : estimates and projections for China, Japan, and South Korea

Prettner, Klaus; Oxley, Les; Bloom, David E.; Chen, Simiao; Kuhn, Michael; McGovern, Mark E.

The economic burden of chronic diseases : estimates and projections for China, Japan, and South Korea

dc.contributor.author	Prettner, Klaus	de
dc.contributor.author	Oxley, Les	de
dc.contributor.author	Bloom, David E.	de
dc.contributor.author	Chen, Simiao	de
dc.contributor.author	Kuhn, Michael	de
dc.contributor.author	McGovern, Mark E.	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:54:18Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:54:18Z
dc.date.created	2017-05-30
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.description.abstract	We propose a novel framework to analyse the macroeconomic impact of noncommunicable diseases. We incorporate measures of disease prevalence into a human capital augmented production function, which enables us to determine the economic costs of chronic health conditions in terms of foregone gross domestic product (GDP). Unlike previously adopted frameworks, this approach allows us to account for i) variations in human capital for workers in different age groups, ii) mortality and morbidity effects of non-communicable diseases, and iii) the treatment costs of diseases. We apply our methodology to China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and mental health conditions). Overall, total losses associated with these non-communicable diseases over the period 2010-2030 are $16 trillion for China (measured in real USD with the base year 2010), $5.7 trillion for Japan, and $1.5 trillion for South Korea. Our results also highlight the limits of cost-effectiveness analysis by identifying some intervention strategies to reduce disease prevalence in China that are cost beneficial and therefore a rational use of resources, though they are not cost-effective as judged by conventional thresholds.	en
dc.identifier.swb	489094082
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6147
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-13594
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2017,09
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subject	Non-communicable diseases	en
dc.subject	Human capital	en
dc.subject	Health interventions	en
dc.subject	Aggregate output	en
dc.subject	Ageing	en
dc.subject	East Asia	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	Ostasien	de
dc.subject.gnd	Chronische Krankheit	de
dc.subject.gnd	Arbeitsmarkt	de
dc.subject.gnd	Humankapital	de
dc.subject.gnd	Verlust	de
dc.title	The economic burden of chronic diseases : estimates and projections for China, Japan, and South Korea	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.export.bibtex	@techreport{Prettner2017, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6147}, author = {Prettner, Klaus and Oxley, Les and Bloom, David E. et al.}, title = {The economic burden of chronic diseases : estimates and projections for China, Japan, and South Korea}, year = {2017}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, series = {Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences}, }
local.export.bibtexAuthor	Prettner, Klaus and Oxley, Les and Bloom, David E. et al.
local.export.bibtexKey	Prettner2017
local.export.bibtexType	@techreport
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	520	de
local.opus.number	1359
local.series.issueNumber	2017,09
local.series.title	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre	de

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