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Review Comparative Study
[Cost of illness: an inextricable maze or an aid in decision making? The case of schizophrenia].
The cost of schizophrenia has been a major point of interest abroad. In the United States, two authors evaluated the direct cost of the illness. According to Gunderson and Mosher (13), it reaches US $25,625 million. ⋯ This point tempers largely the interest of these studies as a tool in order to hierarchise Public Health priorities. Moreover, the elaboration of structures equivalencies between the different countries is an ambitious enterprise and make difficult comparisons of the studies. Finally, the lack of transparency of some of them limits their credibility.