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The future cost of cancer in South Africa: An interdisciplinary cost management strategy.
Sartorius, K; Sartorius, B; Govender, P S; Sharma, V; Sherriff, A.
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  • Sartorius K; Faculty of Commerce, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; Medical Research Council/University of KwaZulu-Natal Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Centre, Durban, South Africa. Kurt.Sartorius@wits.ac.za.
S Afr Med J ; 106(10): 949-950, 2016 Sep 06.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27725010
ABSTRACT
The exponential rise in cancer costs in South Africa (SA) was illustrated in a recent Sunday Times article entitled 'The cost of cancer can be a debt sentence'. Our Minister of Health talks of a 'war' against the high costs of cancer drugs, and epidemiologists project a sharply rising incidence. Eminent international medical journals, such as The Lancet, underline the fact that cancer cost is a growing international problem that confronts even the richest countries. If richer countries in the world are battling to cover the costs of cancer, what is the prognosis for SA?
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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Patient Care Team / Health Care Rationing / Cost of Illness / Disease Management / Neoplasms Type of study: Health_economic_evaluation / Incidence_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Year: 2016 Type: Article
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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Patient Care Team / Health Care Rationing / Cost of Illness / Disease Management / Neoplasms Type of study: Health_economic_evaluation / Incidence_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Year: 2016 Type: Article