Economic burden of managing oral cancer patients in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional hospital -based costing study

Economic burden of managing oral cancer patients in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional hospital -based costing study

Objective Cancer of the oral cavity is the leading malignancy among males in Sri Lanka, and sixth among women. This study aimed to estimate costs of managing patients with oral cancer (OCA) in Sri Lanka for a 12 month period from diagnosis.Design Hospital based costing study.Settings Four selected c...

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Main Authors:	Paul A Scuffham, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Hemantha Amarasinghe, Ruwan Duminda Jayasinghe, Dilantha Dharmagunawardene, Manjula Attygalla, Newell Johnson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2019-07-01
Series:	BMJ Open
Online Access:	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/7/e027661.full
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