IJCM_29A: Expenditure incurred by cancer patients covered under National Health Protection Scheme attending a tertiary care hospital in Mangalore

• Main Authors: Unnikrishnan Bhaskaran (Author), Rathi Priya (Author), Saxena P U Prakash (Author), Sudha K V (Author), Suresh Meghana (Author), Kamath Akshay (Author), Lokesha Sanjana B. (Author), Aishani K (Author), Rekha T (Author), Mithra Prasanna (Author), Kumar Nithin (Author), Holla Ramesh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Over the past decades, cancer has become the second leading cause of death and morbidities around the world, accounting for nearly 1 in 6 of the total global deaths. The cost of treatment depends on the type of cancer, the duration of treatment, the type of hospital, and whether they are...