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ArticlePublication 2022Healthcare Cost of Overweight & Obesity in South Africa
This analysis estimates the healthcare cost associated with treatment of weight-related conditions from the perspective …
This analysis estimates the healthcare cost associated with treatment of weight-related conditions from the perspective of the South African public sector payer. The authors report that the total cost of overweight and obesity is estimated to be ZAR33,194 million in 2020, representing approximately 15% of government health expenditure and equivalent to 0.67% of GDP. This analysis is an example of a bottom-up gross costing approach. The study draws South African data from multiple sources to estimate…
Sub-Saharan Africa | Chronic Disease/Risk | Costing Methods | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health Systems | Health/Medicine -
ArticlePublication 2018Estimates of Cancer Incidence Using Registry Data
This article, published in the Journal of Global Oncology, utilizes primary data from the Addis …
This article, published in the Journal of Global Oncology, utilizes primary data from the Addis Ababa population-based cancer registry, as well as supplementary cancer data from six Ethiopian regions to estimate the incidence rates of the most common forms of cancer diagnosed in Ethiopia. The study finds that cancer, most prominently breast cancer, poses a substantial public health threat in Ethiopia. The fight against cancer calls for the expansion of population-based registry sites to improve…
Sub-Saharan Africa | Chronic Disease/Risk | Health Systems | Health/Medicine -
ArticlePublication 2017OOP Expenditures for Cardiovascular Disease
This article, published in BMJ Global Health, aims to estimate the magnitude and intensity of …
This article, published in BMJ Global Health, aims to estimate the magnitude and intensity of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and factors associated with CHE for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease in hospitals in Addis Ababa. Seeking prevention and treatment services for cardiovascular disease in Addis Ababa was found to pose substantial financial burden on households, affecting the poorest and those who reside outside Addis Ababa more. Economic and geographic inequalities should therefore be…
Sub-Saharan Africa | Chronic Disease/Risk | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health Systems | Health/Medicine -
ArticlePublication 2016Health, Financial and Distributional Consequences of Tobacco Excise Tax in Lebanon
This paper considers the financial and health effects, by socio-economic class, of increasing tobacco taxes …
This paper considers the financial and health effects, by socio-economic class, of increasing tobacco taxes in Lebanon, a middle-income country. Extended cost-effectiveness analysis (ECEA) methods are applied to quantify, across quintiles of socio-economic status, the health benefits gained, the additional tax revenues raised, and the net financial consequences for households from a 50% increase in the price of tobacco through excise taxes. The increase in tobacco tax is estimated to result in 65,000 premature deaths…
Middle East & North Africa | Chronic Disease/Risk | Costing Methods | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Policy/Regulation | Health/Medicine -
ArticlePublication 2016Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
This article, published in Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, aims to assess the cost-effectiveness of …
This article, published in Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, aims to assess the cost-effectiveness of prevention and treatment of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke in an Ethiopian setting. Fifteen single interventions and sixteen intervention packages are assessed from a healthcare provider perspective. The results indicate that the escalating burden of CVD and its risk factors warrants timely action. Selected CVD intervention packages could be scaled up at a modest budget increase, but the level…
Sub-Saharan Africa | Chronic Disease/Risk | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health Systems | Health/Medicine -
ArticlePublication 2015Health Gains & Financial Risk Protection by Public Financing in Ethiopia: An ECEA
This article, published in the Lancet Global Health, aims to evaluate the health and financial …
This article, published in the Lancet Global Health, aims to evaluate the health and financial risk protection benefits of selected interventions that could be publicly financed by the government of Ethiopia. The authors used an extended cost-effectiveness analysis (ECEA) to assess the health gains (deaths averted) and financial risk protection afforded (cases of poverty averted) by a bundle of nine interventions that the Government of Ethiopia aims to make universally available. This approach incorporates financial…
Sub-Saharan Africa | Chronic Disease/Risk | Priority Setting/Ethics | Mathematical Models | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Infectious Diseases | Maternal/Reproductive Health | Child/Nutrition | Health Systems | Policy/Regulation | Health/Medicine -
ArticlePublication 2015Salt Reduction Policy in South Africa: Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
This paper is an extended cost-effectiveness analysis to model the potential health and economic impacts of …
This paper is an extended cost-effectiveness analysis to model the potential health and economic impacts of a salt reduction policy in South Africa. The authors used surveys and epidemiologic studies to estimate reductions in CVD resulting from lower salt intake. They calculated the average out-of-pocket (OOP) cost of CVD care and estimated the reduction in OOP expenditures and government subsidies due to the policy. They also estimated the costs of policy implementation and financial risk protection (FRP) benefits. The…
Sub-Saharan Africa | Chronic Disease/Risk | Priority Setting/Ethics | Costing Methods | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health Systems | Policy/Regulation | Economics/Finance | Food/Agriculture | Health/Medicine -
ArticlePublication 2011Health and Economic Impact of HPV 16/18 Vaccination and Cervical Cancer Screening in Eastern Africa
In this article the authors use epidemiologic data from Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe …
In this article the authors use epidemiologic data from Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe to develop models of HPV-related infection and disease. For each country, they assessed HPV vaccination of girls before age 12 followed by screening with HPV DNA testing once, twice, or three times per lifetime (at ages 35, 40, 45). For women over age 30, they assessed only screening (with HPV DNA testing up to three times per lifetime or VIA…
Sub-Saharan Africa | Chronic Disease/Risk | Microsimulation | Calibration/Validation | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Infectious Diseases | Clinical Care | Economics/Finance | Health/Medicine | Science/Technology