Abdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi, Mohammad Jokar, Nader Sharifi, Amir Ehsan Zahernasab, Negin Kariminezhad, Vahid Rahmanian
Systematic review and meta-analysis of knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding COVID-19 among chronic disease patients: A global perspective
Health science reports
breast cancer number one cause cancer death women globally according global cancer registry 23 million new cases breast cancer diagnosed 2020 worldwide accounting 25 cancer cases women data cost burden breast cancer households limited ghana therefore imperative estimated ensure effective planning provision adequate resources breast cancer treatment costofillness study estimates household treatment cost breast cancer cost coping strategies used patients costofillness study conducted surgical unit surgical unit 2 korle bu teaching hospital kbth 74 randomly selected patients accompanying caregivers data collected using structured questionnaire direct indirect intangible costs incurred coping strategies used patients households results presented descriptive analytic cost statistics patients aged 4069 years married moderate education levels nearly 57 patients earn income usd 370 less per month average household expenditure usd 99040 medical cost usd 78978 nonmedical cost usd 15073 indirect cost usd 50 publicly provided mechanism utilized cost coping strategy direct indirect intangible costs associated breast cancer treatment significant financial psychological implications patients households moreover poorer families likely use publicly provided strategies cope increasing cost breast cancer treatment