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Direct non-medical costs double the total direct costs to patients undergoing cataract surgery in Zamfara state, Northern Nigeria: a case series [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2015
BackgroundCost is frequently reported as a barrier to cataract surgery, but few studies have reported costs of accessing surgery in Africa. The purpose of this prospective, facility based study was to compare direct non-medical cost with total direct ...
Nazaradden Ibrahim, F. Pozo-Martin, C. Gilbert   +2 more
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Impact of outpatient radiotherapy on direct non-medical cost in patients in the Central Macro Region of Peru 2021. [PDF]

Ecancermedicalscience, 2023
Background Financial toxicity arises in cancer patients due to the objective financial burden of the disease or treatment, being associated with worse clinical outcomes. Direct non-medical spending on cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy in Peru under
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europepmc   +2 more sources

Healthcare resource utilization and direct costs of transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: a retrospective cost-of-illness study

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT) require lifelong blood transfusions and iron chelation therapy. Thus, patients afflicted with TDT often have to undergo blood transfusion and iron chelation therapy, which causes a major ...
Shaikha Alshamsi, Samer Hamidi, Hacer Ozgen Narci   +2 more
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Estimating the Direct Cost of Cancer in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Tertiary Cancer Hospital

Frontiers in Public Health, 2019
Background: The increasing prevalence of cancer and lack of strong health financing system in low income countries like Nepal is exerting an enormous financial burden on cancer patients.
Shiva Ram Khatiwoda, Raja Ram Dhungana, Vishnu Prasad Sapkota, Sarswoti Singh   +3 more
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The direct cost of dialysis supported by families for patients with chronic renal failure in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

BMC Nephrology, 2022
Background Chronic renal failure can lead to dialysis and/or a kidney transplant in the final stage. The number of patients under dialysis has increased considerably in the world and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
Amadou Oury Toure, Mamadou Dioulde Balde, Aissatou Diallo, Sadan Camara, Anne Marie Soumah, Alpha Oumar Sall, Karifa Kourouma, Bienvenu Salim Camara, Fadima Yaya Bocoum, Seni Kouanda   +9 more
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Direct healthcare cost of hospital admissions for chronic non-communicable diseases sensitive to primary care in the elderly

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2023
Aging has imposed changes in the epidemiological profile and an increase in the prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs). The aim was to estimate the direct cost related to hospital admissions of elderly people affected by CNCDs ...
Marina Miranda Borges, Luciana Alves Custódio, D. Cavalcante, A. Pereira, R. Carregaro   +4 more
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Direct Medical Cost of Stroke and the Cost-Effectiveness of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Atrial Fibrillation-Related Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Background: Stroke has significant direct medical costs, and direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are better alternatives to warfarin for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF).
S. N. Azahar, S. Sulong, W. A. Wan Zaidi, N. Muhammad, Y. Kamisah, Norliana Masbah   +5 more
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Changes in Direct Medical Cost and Medications for Managing Diabetes in Beijing, China, 2016 to 2018: Electronic Insurance Data Analysis

Annals of Family Medicine, 2021
PURPOSE Although the cost and complexity of managing diabetes is increasing around the world, placing greater burden on patients and their families, the cost of drug regimens prescribed to Chinese patients has not been evaluated. This study was conducted
Lixin Guo, Jie Zheng, Q. Pan, Qun Zhang, Yan Zhou, Weihao Wang, Lina Zhang, S. Tesfaye, J Zhang   +8 more
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EQUIPT: protocol of a comparative effectiveness research study evaluating cross-context transferability of economic evidence on tobacco control [PDF]

, 2014
This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative ...
Andrews, F, Coyle, D, Coyle, K, Crossfield, A, Evers, S, Huic, M, Jones, T, Kalo, Z, Leidl, R, Lester-George, A, Owen, L, Pokhrel, S, Radu-Loghin, C, Rutter, A, Trapero-Bertran, M, Vogl, M, Voko, Z, Vries, HD, West, R   +18 more
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Systematic Literature Review to Identify Cost and Resource Use Data in Patients with Early-Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

PharmacoEconomics (Auckland), 2023
Approximately 2 million new cases and 1.76 million deaths occur annually due to lung cancer, with the main histological subtype being non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Nick Jovanoski, S. Abogunrin, Danilo Di Maio, R. Belleli, P. Hudson, Sneha Bhadti, Libby G Jones   +6 more
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