economic burden

collocation in English

meaningsofeconomicandburden

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economic
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/
us
/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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burden
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɜː.dən/
us
/ˈbɝː.dən/
a heavy load that ...
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(Definition ofeconomicandburdenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Getting married was always aneconomicburdenon families, and the general economic situation could affect the chance of remarriage for both men and women.
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Theeconomicburdenof salmonellosis infections remains a concern for public authorities.
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The poor do not perceive each additional child to be aneconomicburdenand their judgment may well be objectively right.
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Chapter 4 explores theeconomicburdenarguments and tackles the suggestion that class-like age-based differences of interest have developed.
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Moreover, 70% had at least one hospitalization and the patient's bipolar illness caused severe family, interpersonal, andeconomicburden.
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Retirement payments to parents placed an aditionaleconomicburdenon siblings.
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Restructuring the provision of care is becoming necessary mainly because of demographic trends and theeconomicburdenof institutional care.
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These data clearly highlight the clinical impact andeconomicburdenof pneumococcal disease and the need to prevent it by vaccination.
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This strategy will reduceeconomicburdenof both patients and government.
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Supplementary information about informal care-giving time and foregone work days by key informal carers were collected in theeconomicburdenquestionnaire.
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Theeconomicburdenthat the arrival of many nonproductive persons might put on a whole family group could in fact become unsustainable.
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Nevertheless, the high incidence of asthma represents a hugeeconomicburden.
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Theeconomicburdenof asthma is considerable both in terms of direct medical and indirect costs (18).
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Cost-of-illnessstudies do though indicate the generaleconomicburdenof diseases and focus attention on those that result in high resource costs.
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The human andeconomicburdenassociated with asthma is severe (34).
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Theeconomicburdenin terms of costs of healthcare use and costs due to work absenteeism underlines the need for a cost-effectiveness analysis of the interventions involved.
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Volunteers are weeds derived from crops and living in fields, perhaps causing aneconomicburden, or bringing impurities to a later crop of the same species.
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