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Analyses of the economic costs and impacts of chronic illnesses like ME/CFS and Long Covid

Discussion in 'Resources' started by rvallee, Jun 19, 2024.

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  1. Midnattsol

    Midnattsol Moderator Staff Member

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    Midnattsol, Oct 23, 2024
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    Although now some years ago there was some data suggesting that people treated by the UK ME specialist services went on to work less and to claim more benefits.
     
    Peter Trewhitt, Oct 23, 2024
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    Funnily enough not cited as much as "this treatment works!" studies that don't use such objective outcome measures.
     
    Midnattsol, Oct 23, 2024
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    Yes the McCrone et al PACE paper
     
    NelliePledge, Oct 23, 2024
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    Let me guess the next move... "psychologically-led rehabilitation can lead to people being able to work more than they think, but it can't make them accept that they can".

    Doesn't matter that it's literally all about the latter. By their own admission. In their own definitions. The quacks pushing this pseudoscience have an infinite number of cheap excuses they can throw at it and the systems that want this to be true don't care that it's not, they like the imaginary numbers promising them that it works and if reality disagrees then it's reality that is wrong.
     
    rvallee, Oct 23, 2024
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    "The economic burden of long COVID in Australia: more noise than signal?" (Med J Aust 2024; 221(9):S31-S39):
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    Nightsong, Nov 4, 2024
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