Estimating the Lifetime Cost of Managing Hypertension in Ghana: A Modelling Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Over the last decade, hypertension (HPT) is among the leading causes of death and morbidity in Ghana. In recent past, most health policy research in Ghana and Africa focussed on communicable diseases. In recent times, Ghana and other developing nations have shifted their attention to non-communicable diseases because most of these countries are going through an epidemiologic transition where there is a surge in the prevalence of HPT. This paper was therefore set out to estimate the cost of treating HPT in Ghana from the patients' and health system's perspectives.

Method

We used a cost of illness framework to simulate the cost of HPT management in Ghana taking into account 4 of the common target organ complications with the most mortality implication. A decision

SUBMITTER: Atibila F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10981221 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature