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-economic differentials in Out of Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) on accidental injury; second, to look into the level of Catastrophic Health … analysis was employed to analyse the various covariates of OOPE and CHE associated to accidental injury. Findings: Binary … OOPE and CHE on accidental injury care. People who used private health services incurred 16 times higher odds of CHE than …
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Although cancer survival in general has improved in Australia over the past 30 years, Indigenous Australians, socioeconomically disadvantaged persons, and people living in remote areas still experience poorer health outcomes. This paper aims to describe the development of CancerCostMod, and to...
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Aging is the foremost challenge in recent times, given the demographic shift in populations across the world. It implies the costs of healthcare burden and involves economic and social security challenges through shortage of labor supply, consumption-saving paradox, increase in expenditure on...
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High-performance wastewater treatment technologies suited to the urban environment remain largely inaccessible to developing countries due to financial constraints. Instead, inadequate technologies are being used that adversely affect the quality of water resources and limit their...
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Background : Estimates of the economic cost of risk factors for chronic disease to the NHS provide evidence for prioritization of resources for prevention and public health. Previous comparable estimates of the economic costs of poor diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and...
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Background: This study was designed to estimate economic burden of lung cancer in Turkey from payer perspective based on expert panel opinion on practice patterns in clinical practice. Methods: In this cost of illness study, direct medical cost was calculated based on cost items related to...
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Objectives: To determine hospital resource utilization, associated costs and the risk of complications during hospitalization for four types of surgical resections and to estimate the incremental burden among patients with cancer compared to those without cancer. Methods: Patients (=18 years...
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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 and Natalizumab) drug therapy lines....
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