David McDaid1, A-La Park1, Shelly Chadha2. 1. Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. 2. Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the global costs of hearing loss in 2019. DESIGN: Prevalence-based costing model. STUDY SAMPLE: Hearing loss data from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease study. Additional non-hearing related health care costs, educational support, exclusion from the labour force in countries with full employment and societal costs posed by lost quality of life were determined. All costs were reported in 2019 purchasing power parity (PPP) adjusted international dollars. RESULTS: Total global economic costs of hearing loss exceeded $981 billion. 47% of costs were related to quality of life losses, with 32% due to additional costs of poor health in people with hearing loss. 57% of costs were outside of high-income countries. 6.5% of costs were for children aged 0-14. In scenario analysis a 5% reduction in prevalence of hearing loss would reduce global costs by $49 billion. CONCLUSION: This analysis highlights major economic consequences of not taking action to address hearing loss worldwide. Small reductions in prevalence and/or severity of hearing loss could avert substantial economic costs to society. These cost estimates can also be used to help in modelling the cost effectiveness of interventions to prevent/tackle hearing loss and strengthen the case for investment.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the global costs of hearing loss in 2019. DESIGN: Prevalence-based costing model. STUDY SAMPLE: Hearing loss data from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease study. Additional non-hearing related health care costs, educational support, exclusion from the labour force in countries with full employment and societal costs posed by lost quality of life were determined. All costs were reported in 2019 purchasing power parity (PPP) adjusted international dollars. RESULTS: Total global economic costs of hearing loss exceeded $981 billion. 47% of costs were related to quality of life losses, with 32% due to additional costs of poor health in people with hearing loss. 57% of costs were outside of high-income countries. 6.5% of costs were for children aged 0-14. In scenario analysis a 5% reduction in prevalence of hearing loss would reduce global costs by $49 billion. CONCLUSION: This analysis highlights major economic consequences of not taking action to address hearing loss worldwide. Small reductions in prevalence and/or severity of hearing loss could avert substantial economic costs to society. These cost estimates can also be used to help in modelling the cost effectiveness of interventions to prevent/tackle hearing loss and strengthen the case for investment.
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Hearing loss; economic cost; global burden of disease; global health policy
Authors: Natalia Trpchevska; Maxim B Freidin; Linda Broer; Berthe C Oosterloo; Shuyang Yao; Yitian Zhou; Barbara Vona; Charles Bishop; Argyro Bizaki-Vallaskangas; Barbara Canlon; Fabio Castellana; Daniel I Chasman; Stacey Cherny; Kaare Christensen; Maria Pina Concas; Adolfo Correa; Ran Elkon; Jonas Mengel-From; Yan Gao; Anne B S Giersch; Giorgia Girotto; Alexander Gudjonsson; Vilmundur Gudnason; Nancy L Heard-Costa; Ronna Hertzano; Jacob V B Hjelmborg; Jens Hjerling-Leffler; Howard J Hoffman; Jaakko Kaprio; Johannes Kettunen; Kristi Krebs; Anna K Kähler; Francois Lallemend; Lenore J Launer; I-Min Lee; Hampton Leonard; Chuan-Ming Li; Hubert Lowenheim; Patrik K E Magnusson; Joyce van Meurs; Lili Milani; Cynthia C Morton; Antti Mäkitie; Mike A Nalls; Giuseppe Giovanni Nardone; Marianne Nygaard; Teemu Palviainen; Sheila Pratt; Nicola Quaranta; Joel Rämö; Elmo Saarentaus; Rodolfo Sardone; Claudia L Satizabal; John M Schweinfurth; Sudha Seshadri; Eric Shiroma; Eldad Shulman; Eleanor Simonsick; Christopher Spankovich; Anke Tropitzsch; Volker M Lauschke; Patrick F Sullivan; Andre Goedegebure; Christopher R Cederroth; Frances M K Williams; Andries Paul Nagtegaal Journal: Am J Hum Genet Date: 2022-05-16 Impact factor: 11.043