Digestive Diseases Cause a Huge Financial Burden in Europe

A newly published report in the United European Gastroenterology Journal finds that gastrointestinal diseases exact an outsized financial burden on European countries. The study identified disparities between central and western Europe in terms of gastrointestinal disease spending, due in part to tobacco smoking. Altogether, digestive disease spending in the EU totaled around $20 billion in 2021 alone.

According to Hayden E. Klein, “They also discovered that, if digestive disease-related premature mortality could be reduced by 25% across the 31 countries, the estimated savings from the prevention of productivity losses would amount to approximately €11.4 billion in 2019. These saving would climb to approximately €22.8 billion and €34.2 billion for reductions of 50% and 75%, respectively.”

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(Source: AJMC, October 15^th, 2022)