Financial toxicity and acute injury in the Kilimanjaro region: An application of the Three Delays Model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trauma and injury present a significant global burden-one that is exacerbated in low- and middle-income settings like Tanzania. Our study aimed to describe the landscape of acute injury care and financial toxicity in the Kilimanjaro region by leveraging the Three Delays Model.

Methods

This cross-sectional study used an ongoing injury registry and financial questionnaires collected at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in Moshi, Tanzania from December 2022 until March 2023. Financial toxicity measures included catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment, in accordance with World Health Organization standards. Descriptive analysis was also performed.

Findings

Most acute injury patients that presented to the KCMC Emergency Department experienced finan

SUBMITTER: Frankiewicz P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11364231 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature