Abstract

RIANO-CASALLAS, Martha I  and  PALENCIA-SANCHEZ, Francisco. The cost of Occupational Disease: a Literature Review. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [online]. 2015, vol.33, n.2, pp.218-227. ISSN 0120-386X.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rfnsp.v33n2a09.

OBJECTIVE: to identify the status of the research on the cost of occupational disease that have been published in the literature around the world during the last ten years. METHODS: a systematic review of the literature was carried out in order to identify publications matching the inclusion criteria predefined by the authors. Databases such as Pubmed, Ebsco, Lilacs, Online Wiley, Embase and Springer were used. The period analyzed was 2000-2013. RESULTS: Fifty four papers were included in the review. Most of them were in English and resulted from research conducted in the United States. The authors of the papers conducted mostly disease cost and disease burden studies. These publications included direct and indirect costs in most cases, and the dominant perspective was social in nature. CONCLUSIONS: the most advanced economies in the world belong to the same countries that conduct most research on this subject. This shows the importance of these studies for countries with developing economies. As for the language of the publications, few are written in Spanish, and the papers in that language are all from Spain; this shows the need for more research of this kind in Latin America.

Keywords : cost allocation; costs and cost analysis; cost of disease; sick leave; occupational disease; occupational health.

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