A cost-of-illness analysis of β-Thalassaemia major in children in Sri Lanka - experience from a tertiary level teaching hospital

• Hauptverfasser: Hamish Reed-Embleton (Verfasst von), Savinda Arambepola (Verfasst von), Simon Dixon (Verfasst von), Behrouz Nezafat Maldonado (Verfasst von), Anuja Premawardhena (Verfasst von), Mahinda Arambepola (Verfasst von), Jahangir A. M. Khan (Verfasst von), Stephen Allen (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Sri Lanka has a high prevalence of β-thalassaemia major. Clinical management is complex and long-term and includes regular blood transfusion and iron chelation therapy. The economic burden of β-thalassaemia for the Sri Lankan healthcare system and households is currently unknown....