Are Ethiopian diabetic patients protected from financial hardship?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, diabetes mellitus exerts an economic burden on patients and their families. However, the economic burden of diabetes mellitus and its associated factors were not well studied in Ethiopia. Therefore, the aim of this study is to assess the economic burden of diabetes mellitus and its associated factors among diabetic patients in public hospitals of Bahir Dar city administration, Ethiopia.

Methods

Across sectional study was conducted on 422 diabetic patients. The patients were selected by simple random sampling method. The prevalence-based model was used to estimate the costs on patients' perspective. Bottom up and human capital approaches were used to estimate the direct and indirect costs of the patients respectively. Wealth index was constructed using pr

SUBMITTER: Tsega G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7840028 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature