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This information is required to inform control programme planning and policy. In this study, we estimated the health and economic burden of podoconiosis in Ethiopia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We developed a model to estimate the health burden attributed to podoconiosis in terms of the number of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and the economic burden. We estimated the economic burden by quantifying the treatment and morbidity-management costs incurred by the healthcare system in managing clinical cases, patients' out-of-pocket costs and their productivity costs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In 2017, there were 1.5 million cases of podoconiosis in Ethiopia, which corresponds to 172\u2009073 DALYs or 182 per 100\u2009000 people. The total economic burden of podoconiosis in Ethiopia is estimated to be US$213.2 million annually and 91.1% of this resulted from productivity costs. The average economic burden per podoconiosis case was US$136.9.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The national cost of podoconiosis is formidable. If control measures are scaled up and the morbidity burden reduced, this will lead to Ethiopia saving millions of dollars. Our estimates provide important benchmark economic costs to programme planners, policymakers and donors for resource allocation and priority setting.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/trstmh\/traa003","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,11]],"date-time":"2020-01-11T07:12:23Z","timestamp":1578726743000},"page":"284-292","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":29,"title":["The health and economic burden of podoconiosis in Ethiopia"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"114","author":[{"given":"Kebede","family":"Deribe","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Global Health and Infection Department, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, BN1 9PX, UK"},{"name":"School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O.Box 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nebiyu","family":"Negussu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Federal Ministry of Health, 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