Healthcare Cost of Smoking Induced Cardiovascular Disease in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorKidane, Asmerom W.
dc.contributor.authorHepelwa, Aloyce
dc.contributor.authorTingum, Ernest N.
dc.contributor.authorHu, Teh W.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-08T12:31:23Z
dc.date.available2016-07-08T12:31:23Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe study presented here estimates the total health care cost attributable to smoking induced cardiovascular disease in Tanzania. The study based on a survey conducted at a referral university hospital in Dar es Salaam in 2014. Assuming a 2% prevalence rate of cardiovascular disease and a population of 47.2 million, it was estimated that there are 943,800 cardiovascular patients in Tanzania. The proportion of ever smokers among the surveyed patients was found to be 25 percent yielding 240,400 patients who suffer from smoking induced cardiovascular diseases. Per capita annual expenditure per patient is estimated to be 566.6 US dollars and total annual expenditure for the country was estimated to be 136.1 million US dollars. On a per capita basis more direct and indirect cost is incurred on males compared to females; more is spent on the elderly (40 or more years) compared to the youth (less than 20 years). When compared with the mean annual household income of the surveyed population, the smoking induced per capita expenditure constitutes 35% of household income.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKidane, A., Hepelwa, A., Ngeh, E.T. and Hu, T.W., 2015. Healthcare Cost of Smoking Induced Cardiovascular Disease in Tanzania. Journal of health science (El Monte), 3(3), p.117.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.17265/2328-7136/2015.03.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2944
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectHealthcareen_US
dc.subjectCosten_US
dc.subjectSmokingen_US
dc.subjectCardiovascularen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleHealthcare Cost of Smoking Induced Cardiovascular Disease in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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