Economic costs of terminal care for selected non-communicable diseases from a healthcare perspective: a review of mortality records from a tertiary hospital in Nigeria
Introduction WHO revealed that morbidity and mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are on the increase and NCDs accounted for approximately 29% of all deaths in Nigeria in 2016. This study was conducted to estimate the economic cost of selected NCDs—lung cancer, liver cancer and liver cirr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2021-04-01
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Series: | BMJ Open |
Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/4/e044969.full |