Publications by authors named "Miriam R P Gordon"
Background: Inclusive universal health coverage requires access to quality health care without financial barriers. Receipt of palliative care after advanced cancer diagnosis might reduce household poverty, but evidence from low-income and middle-income settings is sparse.
Methods: In this prospective study, the primary objective was to investigate total household costs of cancer-related health care after a diagnosis of advanced cancer, with and without the receipt of palliative care.
Background: The World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region is the only WHO region with increasing male prevalence of smoking tobacco products observed and predicted. There is no regional analysis of cigarette affordability in the literature.
Aims: This study aimed to compare the affordability of the cheapest, most sold and premium brands of cigarettes between countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) and countries in the rest of the world by income group in 2008 and 2018.