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One of the major causes of liver-related mortality and morbidity is Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection. It is also one of the reasons behinds of chronic liver disease and related complications such as cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. This autoimmune liver disease imposes a high economic burden on individuals and the society. This study aimed to estimate burden of HCV in Iran. Overall, 200 patients with HCV infection, referred to hospitals in three cities of Tehran, Karaj and Tabriz, Iran during year 2015, were randomly enrolled. To estimate the total burden of hepatitis, direct and indirect costs, costs of DALYs and social welfare were calculated. Economic burden of HCV infection was obtained 26242.8 purchasing power parity (PPP$). Intangible costs of HCV was calculated 207421.6 PPP$. Total direct costs of HCV for each patient are more than household consumption expenditure. Therefore, it is a reasonable policy to control and increase insurance coverage of HCV patients in order to decrease their costs.

One of the major causes of liver-related mortality and morbidity is Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection. It is also one of the reasons behinds of chronic liver disease and related complications such as cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. This autoimmune liver disease imposes a high economic burden on individuals and the society. This study aimed to estimate burden of HCV in Iran. Overall, 200 patients with HCV infection, referred to hospitals in three cities of Tehran, Karaj and Tabriz, Iran during year 2015, were randomly enrolled. To estimate the total burden of hepatitis, direct and indirect costs, costs of DALYs and social welfare were calculated. Economic burden of HCV infection was obtained 26242.8 purchasing power parity (PPP$). Intangible costs of HCV was calculated 207421.6 PPP$. Total direct costs of HCV for each patient are more than household consumption expenditure. Therefore, it is a reasonable policy to control and increase insurance coverage of HCV patients in order to decrease their costs.

Iran and its neighboring countries represent four world regions with unique cultures and geography. Skin diseases span a wide diversity of etiologies including infectious, inflammatory, autoimmune, vascular, neurogenic, and oncologic. The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2015 measures the burden from skin diseases in 195 countries.
Epidemiologic data were collected from literature review, survey data, and hospital inpatient/outpatient claims data. These raw data entered modeling using a Bayesian meta-regression tool, DisMod MR-2.1, which yielded prevalence estimates by age/sex/location/year. Prevalence estimates were combined with disability weights to yield years lived with disability (YLDs). YLDs are combined with years of life lost (YLLs), from mortality estimates, to yield disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). DALYs were obtained for 16 skin conditions and both sexes in Iran and 15 surrounding countries. The sociodemographic index (SDI) for each country was also correlated with skin disease DALY rate using the Pearson coefficient (r) with two-tailed p-value.
There was no significant correlation between individual skin diseases and SDI. Acne and dermatitis caused the greatest burden and BCC the lowest burden of skin diseases in Iran and the other 15 countries. SCC and BCC were responsible for the largest discrepancy by sex, with higher burden in males compared to females.
Skin diseases, particularly dermatitis and acne, cause considerable burden in Iran and surrounding regions. Objective and transparent epidemiologic data such as GBD has the potential to inform and impact many facets of healthcare, research prioritization, public policy, and international partnerships.

One of the most important public health concerns in both developing and developed countries is viral hepatitis B. It is an autoimmune liver disease, which imposes a high economic burden on individuals and the society. The aim of our study was to determine economic burden of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Iran. To this end, 300 patients with HBV infection, who referred to hospitals in three cities of Iran during the year 2015, were randomly selected. To estimate the total burden of hepatitis, direct and indirect costs, costs of DALYs and social welfare were calculated which gave the costs of 7500.93 PPP$ and 96782 PPP$, respectively. Finally, our results showed that the total economic burden of HBV in Iran is dramatic which can lead to decreased quality of life of household members and damage the economy of the society. Therefore, the benefit of prevention and control measures will justify the costs from social perspective..

Since by considering increases worldwide prevalence of diabetes mellitus, and its management in the short and long-term requires significant expenditure on the part of patients and healthcare providers alike, and on the other hand existing resources fall short of the country's needs in this domain, diabetes has become one of the major health priorities in our country, as it has across the globe. Assessment of injuries due to diabetes mellitus and complications are divided to two sections: 1- economic cost of diabetes mellitus and 2 - burden of diabetes mellitus. In this study we assessed burden of diabetes mellitus and complications in Iran in year 2000.
We used ten years ago studies about prevalence of diabetes and complications in Iran, associated DALYs index by helping computer model (DisMod) for assessment of burden of diabetes and complications in Iran in year 2000.
Burden of diabetes in Iran was 306440 years in year 2000. Burden of diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, diabetic foot and lower limb amputation were 20532, 20532, 33286, 5848 and 1573 years, respectively.
Pay attention to this study, we will need to reduce diabetes's burden by setting serious programs about prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus and complications. Thus, we suggest, other studies are planning for assessment of burden of other diseases. Then after comparing burden of diabetes to other diseases, government politicians are performance priorities setting for using of our country resource.