Disease and Economic Burden of Kashin-Beck Disease - China, 2021‎

Silu Cui; Wenjun Que; Zhe Jiao; Qing Deng; Xufeng Zhang; Yanhong Cao; Ning Liu; Ailin Li; Alphonse Sowanou; Zhe Li; Tuo Wang; Yang Li; Jun Yu; Junrui Pei

doi:10.46234/ccdcw2024.009

Disease and Economic Burden of Kashin-Beck Disease - China, 2021‎

China CDC Wkly. 2024 Jan 12;6(2):40-44. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2024.009.

Authors

Silu Cui¹, Wenjun Que², Zhe Jiao¹, Qing Deng¹, Xufeng Zhang¹, Yanhong Cao¹, Ning Liu¹, Ailin Li², Alphonse Sowanou², Zhe Li², Tuo Wang², Yang Li², Jun Yu¹, Junrui Pei²

Affiliations

¹ NHC Key Laboratory of Etiology and Epidemiology (Harbin Medical University); Key Laboratory of Etiology and Epidemiology, Education Bureau of Heilongjiang Province; Institute of Kashin-Beck Disease Control, Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Harbin Medical University, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China.
² NHC Key Laboratory of Etiology and Epidemiology (Harbin Medical University); Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Human Health, Key Laboratory of Etiology and Epidemiology, Education Bureau of Heilongjiang Province; Institute of Endemic Fluorosis Control, Center for Endemic Disease Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Harbin Medical University, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China.

Abstract

What is already known about this topic?: Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) is a chronic and degenerative osteoarthropathy characterized by cartilage degeneration. It is an endemic disease that is highly prevalent among the Chinese population and poses a significant health risk.

What is added by this report?: This is the first national report on the economic burden of KBD in China. According to the data from 2021, KBD has caused significant disease and economic burdens. The most substantial reduction in healthy life expectancy was observed among patients with degree II severity and those aged 60 years and older, resulting in a total indirect economic burden of 112.74 million Chinese Yuan (CNY).

What are the implications for public health practice?: The results of this study will contribute to informing the development of tailored prevention and control strategies by the government. These strategies will include targeted policies and recommendations for appropriate healthcare and financial subsidies, which will be based on the demographic characteristics of the endemic areas.

Keywords: Disease burden; Economic burden; Kashin-Beck disease.

Copyright and License information: Editorial Office of CCDCW, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2024.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Foundation 2022, National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFC2503101), National Natural Science Foundation of China (81972983) and the Central Government Subsidy for Local Public Health Special Fund for Endemic Disease Prevention and Control Project 2002–2021