How climate, landscape, and economic changes increase the exposure of Echinococcus Spp.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Echinococcosis is a global enzootic disease influenced by different biological and environmental factors and causes a heavy financial burden on sick families and governments. Currently, government subsidies for the treatment of patients with echinococcosis are only a fixed number despite patients' finical income or cost of treatment, and health authorities are demanded to supply an annual summary of only endemic data. The risk to people in urban areas or non-endemic is increasing with climate, landscape, and lifestyle changes.

Methods

We conducted retrospective descriptive research on inpatients with human echinococcosis (HE) in Lanzhou hospitals and analyzed the healthcare expenditure on inpatient treatment and examined the financial inequalities relating to diff

SUBMITTER: Di X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9741777 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature