SOCIAL COST COSTO SOCIALE OF FEMALE URINARY DELL'INCONTINENZA INCONTINENCE: FEMMINILE: EPIDEMIOLOGY, COST EPIDEMIOLOGIA, OF ILLNESS AND COST OF ILLNESS E COST/EFFECTIVENESS COST/EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS ANALYSIS

SUMMARY This paper presents the results of a broad, transversal, observational survey on the social c ost of female urinary incontinence in the general female population, resident in the ASL3-Monza area. In this population, in an 1865 year old age group, the prevalence of U.I. observed is 28.5% (LIFE cases) and 18.6% (YEAR cases). The total number of incontinent women in the ASL3-Monza area and in the Lombardy Region can be estimated as follows: - ASL3-Monza 125,288 “LIFE” cases, 81,767 (18.6% of 439,609) “YEAR” c ases. - Lombardy Region 1,119,480 “LIFE” cases, 730,608 (18.6% of 3,928,709) “YEAR” cases. In the light of the data collected, we can estimate that in the Lombardy Region and in the ASL3-Monza area, at