The household economic burden of non-communicable diseases in 18 countries.
Adrianna MurphyBenjamin PalafoxMarjan Walli-AttaeiTimothy Powell-JacksonSumathy RangarajanKhalid F AlhabibAlvaro Jr AvezumKevser Burcu Tumerdem CalikJephat ChifambaTarzia ChoudhuryGilles DagenaisAntonio L DansRajeev GuptaRomaina IqbalManmeet KaurRoya KelishadiRasha KhatibIolanthe Marike KrugerVellappillil Raman KuttyScott A LearWei LiPatricio Lopez-JaramilloViswanathan MohanPrem K MonyAndres OrlandiniAnnika RosengrenIsmail RosnahPamela SeronKoon TeoLap Ah TseLungiswa TsolekileYang WangAndreas WielgoszRuohua YanKaren E YeatesKhalid YusoffKatarzyna ZatonskaKara HansonSalim YusufMartin McKeePublished in: BMJ global health (2020)
Our findings show that financial protection from healthcare costs for people with NCDs is inadequate, particularly in LMICs and China. While the burden of NCD care may appear greatest in LMICs and China, the burden in LICs may be masked by care foregone due to costs. The high proportion of women reporting foregone care due to cost may in part explain gender inequality in treatment of NCDs.