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- Title
Economics of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) in Older People.
- Authors
Azam, U.; Castleden, M.; Turner, D.
- Abstract
Urinary incontinence is an area of clinical and social importance to older people and providers of care. This article provides an update on the ‘symptom’ of urinary incontinence and reviews the concept of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). The challenges facing health services researchers working in this field are also discussed in terms of trying to quantify the size and extent of the underlying problem. Economic issues and work undertaken to evaluate the cost of LUTS are appraised and the common nonsurgical treatments for LUTS are described together with associated conditions and their cost implications. The cost to individuals and society of LUTS is generally underestimated and the importance of reducing its severity (if cure is not achievable) makes clinical and economic sense.
- Subjects
URINARY tract infection treatment; TREATMENT of diseases in older people; IMIPRAMINE; MEDICAL care costs; ESTROGEN replacement therapy; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Drugs & Aging, 2001, Vol 18, Issue 3, p213
- ISSN
1170-229X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2165/00002512-200118030-00006