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

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. METHODS...

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Autores principales: Reed-Embleton, Hamish, Arambepola, Savinda, Dixon, Simon, Maldonado, Behrouz Nezafat, Premawardhena, Anuja, Arambepola, Mahinda, Khan, Jahangir A. M., Allen, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7251920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32460774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02160-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7251920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32460774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02160-3

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