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Azam, Usman, Castleden, Mark and Turner, David 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1689-4147
(2001)
Economics of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in older people.
Drugs & Aging, 18 (3).
pp. 213-223.
ISSN 1170-229X
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Services and Primary Care Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Economics Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health |
| Depositing User: | Users 2731 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2012 13:20 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jan 2024 01:25 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/40554 |
| DOI: | 10.2165/00002512-200118030-00006 |
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