Cost of allergic diseases

The estimated annual financial cost of allergic diseases in Australia is $18.9 billion, with a further $44.6 billion in wellbeing losses, finds a new report developed by Deloitte Access Economics for the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy and the National Allergy Council. Costly Reactions: The Economic and Social Cost of Allergic Disease in Australia found an estimated 30% of the population reported living with allergic disease, up from 19.6% in 2007, with many people having at least two allergic conditions at the same time. Read more at: https://www.allergy.org.au/ascia-reports-economic.