Abstract:
We update the US prevalence and economic impact estimates of the 2015 National Academy of Medicine report on myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), taking into account growth in population, economic inflation, and inclusion of children. We find a rough doubling of the ME/CFS prevalence and economic impact figures in the US, with low-end prevalence coming out to 1.5 million and economic impact having a range of 36–51 billion dollars per year.
Source: L.A. Jason & A.A. Mirin (2021) Updating the National Academy of Medicine ME/CFS prevalence and economic impact figures to account for population growth and inflation. Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, DOI: 10.1080/21641846.2021.1878716 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21641846.2021.1878716?journalCode=rftg20