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Endometriosis costs women and society $30,000 a year for every sufferer

  • Written by Mike Armour, Post-doctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University
It can be difficult to get pain from endometriosis under control.Shutterstock

The average cost for a woman with endometriosis both personally and for society is around A$30,000 a year, according to our research, published today in the journal PLOS ONE.

Most of these costs are not from medication, or doctors’ visits, although these do play a...

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