Cross-sectional study of the burden and determinants of non-medical and opportunity costs of accessing chronic disease care in rural Tanzania.
Anna VerjansBrady HooleyKassimu TaniDeusdedit MjunguFabrizio TedisioPublished in: BMJ open (2024)
Outpatient care in Tanzania imposes considerable non-medical costs, particularly for people with CDs, besides illness-related opportunity costs. Despite having health insurance, patients with CDs who seek outpatient care in hospitals face higher financial burdens than other patients. Policies to improve the availability and quality of CD care in dispensaries and health centres could reduce these costs.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- affordable care act
- health insurance
- palliative care
- quality improvement
- end stage renal disease
- quantum dots
- public health
- pain management
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- mental health
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk factors
- risk assessment
- young adults
- patient reported outcomes
- climate change
- chronic pain
- nk cells