The global economic burden of health anxiety/hypochondriasis- a systematic review

• Main Authors: Kawka Hannah (Author), Kurtz Marie (Author), Horstick Olaf (Author), Brenner Stephan (Author), Deckert Andreas (Author), Lowery Wilson Michael (Author), Baernighausen Till (Author), Dambach Peter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Recent studies have shown a lifetime prevalence of 5.7% for health anxiety/hypochondriasis resulting in increased healthcare service utilisation and disability as consequences. To the best of our knowledge, there has been no systematic review examining the global costs of hypocho...