The Burden of Illness of Migraine in Canada: New Insights on Humanistic and Economic Cost.

Farnaz AmoozegarZaeem KhanMariana Oviedo-OvandoStephanie SauriolDriss Rochdi

Published in: The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques (2021)

Migraine is associated with moderate to severe disability. This results in substantial economic burden, directly from healthcare costs such as prescription medications and indirectly through lost work productivity. We also observed that patients with high-frequency EM experience significant burden, similar to that observed for patients with CM.

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