Direct Medical Cost of Treating Substance Use Disorders in Two Tertiary Hospitals in South-West, Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Margaret Okonawan IlomuanyaOgochukwu U AmaezeChinenye UmecheUgochukwu MbataOmonike ShonekanAbayomi OlajidePublished in: Journal of addiction (2022)
Considering that over 60% of the Nigerian population lives below the poverty line, the direct cost of SUD treatment is unaffordable to the patients and the health care system, which is grossly underfunded.