| costs of parkinson's disease in eastern europe: a czech cohort study. | life expectancy is increasing worldwide and the burden of parkinson's disease (pd) is growing. there are several cost-of-illness studies for pd from western europe and the usa, however, data about the costs associated with pd in eastern europe are still lacking. the objective of this study was to evaluate direct and indirect costs in a cohort of czech patients with idiopathic pd and to identify cost-driving factors. study participants (n=100) were recruited from the neurological department of th ... | 2010 | 19665915 |