Cost of Care for Non-communicable Diseases: Which Types of Healthcare Providers are the Most Economical in India's Chhattisgarh State?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) affect a large number of people globally and their burden has been growing. Healthcare for NCDs often involves high out-of-pocket expenditure and rising costs of providing services. Financing and providing care for NCDs have become a major challenge for health systems. Despite the high burden of NCDs in India, there is little information available on the costs involved in NCD care.

Methods

The study was aimed at finding out the average monthly cost of outpatient care per NCD patient. The average cost was defined as all resources spent directly by government and citizens to get a month of care for a NCD patient. The cost borne by the government on public facilities was taken into account and activity-based costing was used to apport

SUBMITTER: Garg S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11252103 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature