Economic burden of managing oral cancer patients in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional hospital-based costing study

H Amarasinghe, RD Jayasinghe… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Cancer of the oral cavity is the leading malignancy among males in Sri Lanka, and
sixth among women. This study aimed to estimate costs of managing patients with oral …

[HTML][HTML] A prospective study to determine the cost of illness for oral cancer in India

AG Singh, D Chaukar, S Gupta, CS Pramesh… - …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
India accounts for almost a third of the global burden of oral cancer, a situation worsened by
the inability to afford care. When available, aid is often insufficient, and costing is based on …

The economic burden of oral squamous cell carcinoma in Australia

K Pollaers, I Massingham… - Journal of Oral …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The financial burden of treatment for oral squamous cell carcinoma in Australia
has never been reported, and there is a paucity of international data. Here, we report the …

[HTML][HTML] The economic burden of oral cancer in Iran

A Rezapour, R Jahangiri, A Olyaeemanesh… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world, among which, oral
cancer is associated with significant morbidity, and low survival. A large part of the budget …

[HTML][HTML] The cost of oral cancer: A systematic review

RF Ribeiro-Rotta, EA Rosa, V Milani, NR Dias… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Although clinical and epidemiological aspects of oral cancers (OC) are well-documented in
the literature, there is a lack of evidence on the economic burden of OC. This study aims to …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the direct cost of cancer in Nepal: A cross-sectional study in a tertiary cancer hospital

SR Khatiwoda, RR Dhungana, VP Sapkota… - Frontiers in public …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: The increasing prevalence of cancer and lack of strong health financing system
in low income countries like Nepal is exerting an enormous financial burden on cancer …

Pilot study assessing the direct medical cost of treating patients with cancer in Kenya; findings and implications for the future

OM Atieno, S Opanga, A Martin, A Kurdi… - Journal of medical …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Currently the majority of cancer deaths occur in low-and middle-income
countries, where there are appreciable funding concerns. In Kenya, most patients currently …

[HTML][HTML] Oral cancer treatment costs in Greece and the effect of advanced disease

A Zavras, N Andreopoulos, N Katsikeris, D Zavras… - BMC Public Health, 2002 - Springer
Background The main purpose of the study was to quantify the direct costs of oral cancer
treatment to the healthcare system of Greece. Another aim was to identify factors that affect …

Economics of cancer care: A community-based cross-sectional study in Kerala, India

TA Dinesh, P Nair, V Abhijath, V Jha… - South Asian journal of …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Bacground: The estimated incidence of cancer cases in Kerala for 2014 was 31,400 and the
mortality associated with it was 13,816. Although the treatment of cancer has shown …

[HTML][HTML] Cost of treatment for head and neck cancer in India

AS Chauhan, S Prinja, S Ghoshal, R Verma… - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
There are no published data on the cost of cancer treatment for guiding reimbursement
decisions in India. The present study was designed to estimate the cost of treating head and …