Hospitalized for poverty: orthopaedic discharge delays due to financial hardship in a tertiary hospital in Northern Tanzania

• Main Authors: Joy E. Obayemi (Author), Elizabeth B. Card (Author), Octavian Shirima (Author), Ajay Premkumar (Author), Honest Massawe (Author), Neil P. Sheth (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Musculoskeletal injury contributes significantly to the burden of disease in Tanzania and other LMICs. For hospitals to cope financially with this burden, they often mandate that patients pay their entire hospital bill before leaving the hospital. This creates a phenomenon of pat...