Sentences with phrase «overall economic burden»

By treating sooner and more aggressively, U.S. physicians may actually save money by reducing the overall economic burden of cardiovascular disease associated with hypertension, the authors suggest.

As Shepard and his colleagues point out, however, the direct medical cost of an illness is only part of its overall economic burden.

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The Facts: The overall U.S. tax burden is actually one of the lowest among the 32 developed and large emerging - market economies tracked by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

While an $ 18.1 billion cost of smoking is still quite an economic burden for California to bear, the results of this study show that, overall, the state's tobacco control efforts have yielded positive results.

Dr. Jadcherla and his collaborators at Nationwide Children's are now working to develop methods to optimize the diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease, dysphagia and feeding intolerance in order to improve overall growth and development in premature infants while also lowering the economic burden of care.

Based on other research that examined the economic burden of dengue on low - and middle - income countries elsewhere in the world, the study researchers determined that the direct medical costs of the disease represent only 49 percent of the disease's overall costs.

I can see the benefits of a carbon tax, but this could prove to be highly emotive should it raise the overall tax burden; particularly when taken in the context of the current economic climate.

Rhode Island Legal Services provides high quality legal assistance and representation to low - income individuals and eligible client groups for the purpose of improving their economic condition and overall wellbeing by protecting and enforcing legal rights, stabilizing the family unit and communities where clients live, promoting self reliance, ending domestic violence, preventing homelessness, affording dignity to all people, and reaching out to groups with added burdens on their ability to access the civil justice system.