PMID- 15969679
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20051208
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0105-4538 (Print)
IS  - 0105-4538 (Linking)
VI  - 60
IP  - 8
DP  - 2005 Aug
TI  - A framework for measuring costs to society of IgE-mediated food allergy.
PG  - 996-1003
AB  - Both immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated food allergy and food intolerance can lead 
      to many changes in personal behaviour and health care resource use which have 
      important economic consequences. These costs will impact directly, indirectly and 
      intangibly on both individuals and society in general. It is important to measure 
      the cost of illness (COI) of food allergy as a first step in developing and 
      evaluating measures to reduce and control the burden of illness. This paper 
      outlines a framework for assessing COI of food allergy from different viewpoints. 
      It offers a structure for identifying the different cost impacts on allergic and 
      nonallergic consumers, food producers and society as a whole, and for scoping, 
      measurement and valuation of relevant costs. Within this structure, the existing 
      literature is reviewed. This review illustrates the lack of information and clear 
      methodology for assessing costs of food allergy. The paper concludes that there 
      is a need for a more structured research programme to generate data essential for 
      future evaluations of procedures and technologies for the diagnosis, treatment 
      and management of food allergy.
FAU - Miles, S
AU  - Miles S
AD  - School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, 
      Norwich, UK.
FAU - Fordham, R
AU  - Fordham R
FAU - Mills, C
AU  - Mills C
FAU - Valovirta, E
AU  - Valovirta E
FAU - Mugford, M
AU  - Mugford M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Review
PL  - Denmark
TA  - Allergy
JT  - Allergy
JID - 7804028
RN  - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Cost of Illness
MH  - Food Handling/*economics
MH  - Food Hypersensitivity/*economics/*immunology
MH  - Food Labeling/*economics
MH  - *Health Care Costs
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunoglobulin E/*immunology
MH  - Quality of Life
RF  - 53
EDAT- 2005/06/23 09:00
MHDA- 2005/12/13 09:00
CRDT- 2005/06/23 09:00
PHST- 2005/06/23 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/12/13 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/06/23 09:00 [entrez]
AID - ALL868 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00868.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Allergy. 2005 Aug;60(8):996-1003. doi: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00868.x.