In addition to the financial costofdisease, cancer has important psychosocial repercussions for patients and their families and remains, in many parts of the world, a stigmatizing disease.
The World Health Organization reports that depression has the greatest burden ofdisease worldwide, in terms of the total cost of treatment and the loss of productivity.
世界卫生组织报告称,从治疗总费用和生产力损失来看,抑郁症是世界上产生的负担最重的疾病。
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They also calculated the cost savings emerging from the amount ofdisease that would be avoided because of lower blood pressure.