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Occurrence, mortality and cost of brain disorders in Denmark: a population-based cohort study.

Søren Viborg VestergaardThomas Bøjer RasmussenSandra Elkjaer StallknechtJens OlsenNiels SkipperHenrik Toft SorensenChristian Fynbo Christiansen
Published in: BMJ open (2020)
One in five Danish residents alive on 1 January 2015 had been diagnosed with at least one brain disorder, and mortality was five times higher in persons with any diagnosed brain disorder than in the general population. We found high attributable direct and indirect costs of brain disorders.
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