Addressing the gap in health economics data to support national cancer control plans in low- and middle-income countries: The Childhood Cancers Budgeting Rapidly to Incorporate Disadvantaged Groups for Equity (CC-BRIDGE) tool.
Nancy S BolousNester Chokwenda-MakoreMiguel BonillaGrace ChingoJoyce KambuguJustin M MulindwaMugisha NolebInam ChitsikeNickhill H BhaktaPublished in: Cancer (2023)
This costing tool provided a framework to forecast a budget for childhood-specific cancer services. By leveraging minimal primary data collection with existing secondary data, local teams obtained rapid results, ensuring that childhood cancer budgeting is not neglected once in every 5 to 6 years of planning processes.