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Catastrophic health expenditures for colorectal cancer care: A retrospective analysis of the first private comprehensive cancer center in Lagos, Nigeria.
Am J Surg
December 2024
Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA.
Background: Nearly a billion people worldwide risk Financial Catastrophe (FC) due to Out-of-Pocket (OOP) health expenditures. With Low-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) disproportionately impacted, and the global burden of colorectal cancer (CRC) expected to increase 60 % by 2030, Nigeria is of interest. This study aims to evaluate the cost of treating CRC at Nigeria's first private cancer center.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHospitalization costs and out-of-pocket (OOP) payment in lung cancer patients in Iran: Health Sector Evolution Plan (HSEP) has reduced OOP payments and improved financial protection.
PLoS One
December 2024
Department of Health Economics and Management, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Background And Objective: In Iran, Health Sector Evolution Plan, the most significant reform in the healthcare system in recent decades, has been launched since 2014 with the objective of achieving universal health coverage, decreasing out-of-pocket health expenditures and improving access to health services in hospitals and clinics affiliated to the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME). This study aimed to estimate the hospitalization costs of lung cancer and the impact of HSEP on hospitalization costs of lung cancer and patients' contribution in Iran between 2010 and 2017.
Methods: This was a prevalence-based cost of illness study with a bottom-up costing approach.
Quantifying Patient Preferences and Expectations About Diabetic Retinopathy Monitoring.
JAMA Ophthalmol
December 2024
Lumata Health, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Importance: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness among adults in the US. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends annual DR monitoring for all individuals with diabetes, yet monitoring rates remain below 70%.
Objective: To evaluate how patient preferences and expectations about DR monitoring are associated with expected monitoring adherence behaviors.
The Economic Burden of Myasthenia Gravis (MG): A Survey of Affected People and Their Families.
Muscle Nerve
December 2024
Beth Israel Deaconess/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Introduction/aims: Claims-based analyses have demonstrated high medical costs associated with myasthenia gravis (MG). We examined the economic burden of MG from the perspective of affected people and their families.
Methods: The Muscular Dystrophy Association developed and conducted an online survey of people with MG and their caregivers between October 26 and December 6, 2021.
Disparities in Access to Valganciclovir Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in High-Risk African American Kidney Transplant Patients.
Transpl Infect Dis
December 2024
Division of Infectious Disease, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Background: While access and outcomes disparities for African American (AA) kidney transplant recipients are documented, there are limited studies assessing medication access disparities in transplantation. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) causes severe complications for transplant recipients, and we aimed to understand differences in access to CMV prophylaxis valganciclovir and its impact on CMV infection rates in AA transplant recipients.
Methods: This single-center, retrospective longitudinal cohort study examined high-risk (CMV serostatus D+/R-) adult kidney transplant recipients between June 1, 2010, and May 31, 202, through EMR abstraction.
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