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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]
Cost 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 cost of cataract surgery to patients, and to assess how money was found to cover costs.Participants were those ...
Ibrahim, Nazaradden +2 more
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Direct non-medical and indirect costs of diabetes and its associated complications in Vietnam: an estimation using national health insurance claims from a cross-sectional survey [PDF]
Objective The prevalence of diabetes in Vietnam has increased from 2.5% in 2007 to 5.5% in 2017, but the burden of direct non-medical and indirect costs is unknown.
Thi Tuyet Mai Kieu +4 more
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IntroductionThe organization of health care for breast cancer (BC) constitutes a public health challenge to ensure quality of care, while also controlling expenditure.
Delphine Héquet +10 more
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Objective (s): With more than 12 million new cases of cancers and nearly 7.6 million deaths all around the world in 2007, cancer currently is the third leading cause of death in the world.
Jamshid Bahmei +3 more
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Background: With more than 12 million new cases of cancers and nearly 7.6 million deaths all around the world in 2007, cancer currently is the third leading cause of death in the world. This study was conducted to determine medical and non-medical direct
M Bazyar +4 more
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Direct Non-Medical Costs Of Rheumatoid Arthritis By Disease Level In Portugal [PDF]
Direct non-medical costs may be difficult to assess, so these are often disregarded in cost-of-illness studies. This analysis aims to estimate the annual direct non-medical costs of treating a patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis (AR) in Portugal, per level of disease activity.
Caixeiro Mateus, Ceu, Moura, A.
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The economic cost of cancer treatment in Iran
BACKGROUND: With more than 12 million new cases of cancers and nearly 7.6 million deaths worldwide in 2020, cancer is currently the third leading cause of mortality in the world.
Alireza Jabbari +3 more
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Up to one in four patients living with epilepsy (PwE) mentions financial constraints as a reason for loss to follow-up at the Ndera tertiary neuropsychiatry hospital. Therefore, we evaluated the annual direct medical cost (DMC) and direct non-medical cost (DnMC) of epilepsy and calculated costs assuming different follow-up frequency.DMC data were ...
Dirk E Teuwen +8 more
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Economic burden of multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional study in Iran
Background Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic debilitating disease that imposes a heavy socioeconomic burden on societies. This study aimed to determine the economic burden of MS on patients using the first (CinnoVex and ReciGen) and second (Fingolimod
Mehdi Rezaee +4 more
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The aim of the study was to estimate the economic damage by COPD, including direct medical and non-medical costs and indirect costs associated with premature deaths of working-age individuals.Materials and methods.
E. A. Orlova +4 more
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