Open AccessSurvey of digestive health across Europe: Final report. Part 2: The economic impact and burden of digestive disorders
Author(s) -
Anderson P,
Dalziel K,
Davies E,
Fitzsimmons D,
Hale J,
Hughes A,
Isaac J,
Onishchenko K,
Phillips C,
Pockett R
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
ueg journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.667
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 2050-6414
pISSN - 2050-6406
DOI - 10.1177/2050640614554155
Subject(s) - medicine , documentation , public health , health care , environmental health , pathology , economic growth , computer science , economics , programming language
Digestive diseases – gastrointestinal and liver disorders – are common across Europe, causing more than 500 000 deaths in 2008 in the 28 EU member states (and more than 900 000 deaths in the whole of Europe, including Russia and other non-EU states). However, United European Gastroenterology (UEG) believe that these diseases are poorly understood, have usually attracted relatively little attention from a policy perspective and do not attract significant research funding, in comparison with many other disciplines. One of the remits of the UEG is to raise the political and public awareness of gastrointestinal disorders throughout Europe. To facilitate this, accurate and up to date information is required on the human and health consequences and on the economic burden of digestive disorders.