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The economic cost of pelvic inflammatory disease. 1986

A E Washington, and P S Arno, and M A Brooks

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is one of the most widespread and debilitating diseases affecting women today. To calculate the economic costs of PID and PID-associated ectopic pregnancy and infertility in the United States, we analyzed data from local hospitals and from several state and national sources. Direct and indirect costs were computed. We found that the total cost of PID and PID-associated ectopic pregnancy and infertility exceeded +2.6 billion in 1984. By 1990, the estimated cost of PID and its sequelae will total +3.50 billion per year, if the annual medical care inflation is 5% and the incidence of PID remains constant during this six-year period. These estimated costs of PID and its associated sequelae emphasize the urgent need for effective programs to prevent PID.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007247	Infertility, Female	Diminished or absent ability of a female to achieve conception.	Sterility, Female,Sterility, Postpartum,Sub-Fertility, Female,Subfertility, Female,Female Infertility,Female Sterility,Female Sub-Fertility,Female Subfertility,Postpartum Sterility,Sub Fertility, Female
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D011271	Pregnancy, Ectopic	A potentially life-threatening condition in which EMBRYO IMPLANTATION occurs outside the cavity of the UTERUS. Most ectopic pregnancies (>96%) occur in the FALLOPIAN TUBES, known as TUBAL PREGNANCY. They can be in other locations, such as UTERINE CERVIX; OVARY; and abdominal cavity (PREGNANCY, ABDOMINAL).	Ectopic Pregnancy,Pregnancy, Extrauterine,Ectopic Pregnancies,Extrauterine Pregnancies,Extrauterine Pregnancy,Pregnancies, Ectopic,Pregnancies, Extrauterine
D003365	Costs and Cost Analysis	Absolute, comparative, or differential costs pertaining to services, institutions, resources, etc., or the analysis and study of these costs.	Affordability,Analysis, Cost,Cost,Cost Analysis,Cost Comparison,Cost Measures,Cost-Minimization Analysis,Costs and Cost Analyses,Costs, Cost Analysis,Pricing,Affordabilities,Analyses, Cost,Analyses, Cost-Minimization,Analysis, Cost-Minimization,Comparison, Cost,Comparisons, Cost,Cost Analyses,Cost Comparisons,Cost Measure,Cost Minimization Analysis,Cost, Cost Analysis,Cost-Minimization Analyses,Costs,Measure, Cost,Measures, Cost
D005260	Female		Females
D005544	Forecasting	The prediction or projection of the nature of future problems or existing conditions based upon the extrapolation or interpretation of existing scientific data or by the application of scientific methodology.	Futurology,Projections and Predictions,Future,Predictions and Projections
D006760	Hospitalization	The confinement of a patient in a hospital.	Hospitalizations
D006796	Household Work	Household work including physical, emotional, and spiritual integrating household work with care work whether on a paid or unpaid basis.	Household Activity,Housekeeping,Housework,Activities, Household,Activity, Household,Household Activities,Household Works,Work, Household,Works, Household
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000041	Absenteeism	Chronic absence from work or other duty.