Redigerer Kronisk utmattelsessyndrom (avsnitt)

=== Økonomisk effekt ===
Reynolds et al. (2004) anslo at sykdommen forårsaket ca. 20.000 dollar i tapt produktivitet pr person med CFS, hvilket utgjorde 9,1 milliarder dollar pr år i USA.<ref name="pmid 15929497">{{cite journal|author=Jason LA, Corradi K, Torres-Harding S, Taylor RR, King C|title=Chronic fatigue syndrome: the need for subtypes|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_neuropsychology-review_2005-03_15_1/page/29|journal=Neuropsychol Rev|volume=15|issue=1|pages=29–58|year=2005|month=March|pmid=15929497|doi = 10.1007/s11065-005-3588-2}}</ref><ref name="pmid 15210053">{{cite journal |author=Reynolds KJ, Vernon SD, Bouchery E, Reeves WC |title=The economic impact of chronic fatigue syndrome |journal=Cost Eff Resour Alloc |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=4 |year=2004 |month=June |pmid=15210053 |pmc=449736 |doi=10.1186/1478-7547-2-4 |url= http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=15210053}}</ref> En studie fra 2008 beregnet at ME/CFS kostet det amerikanske samfunnet mellom 18,7 og 24 milliarder dollar årlig.<ref name="pmid 2324078">{{cite journal |author=Jason LA, Benton MC, Valentine L, Johnson A, Torres-Harding S |title=The economic impact of ME/CFS: individual and societal costs |journal=Dyn Med |volume=7 |issue= |pages=6 |year=2008 |pmid=18397528 |pmc=2324078 |doi=10.1186/1476-5918-7-6}}</ref>