The global economic burden of health anxiety/hypochondriasis- a systematic review
Abstract Background Recent studies have shown a lifetime prevalence of 5.7% for health anxiety/hypochondriasis resulting in increased healthcare service utilisation and disability as consequences. To the best of our knowledge, there has been no systematic review examining the global costs of hypocho...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-11-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17159-5 |