{"title":"Cost of illness of breast cancer in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.","authors":"Siew Wei Yeong, Sit Wai Lee, Siew Chin Ong","doi":"10.1186/s13561-024-00536-0","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This systematic review explores the cost of illness (COI) studies on breast cancer in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs). Studies in Cochrane, Proquest Thesis, PubMed and Scopus were considered. The reporting criteria were evaluated using the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) 2022 statement. Studies must (1) be peer-reviewed, (2) report cost data, and (3) be full-text articles. Non-English articles were excluded. Twelve studies were included. The identified costs were made constant to 2022 USD values for reporting and comparison across studies. Annual costs per patient varied from $195 to $11,866 direct medical costs, $201 to $2233 direct non-medical costs and $332 to $26,390 productivity losses were reported. Cost differences were due to the cost types and components in each study. Only three COI studies reported sensitivity analysis and discount rates. Hence, it is recommended that future COI studies include an analysis of correlation between cost components and other variables.</p>","PeriodicalId":46936,"journal":{"name":"Health Economics Review","volume":"14 1","pages":"56"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11264967/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Health Economics Review","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-024-00536-0","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This systematic review explores the cost of illness (COI) studies on breast cancer in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs). Studies in Cochrane, Proquest Thesis, PubMed and Scopus were considered. The reporting criteria were evaluated using the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) 2022 statement. Studies must (1) be peer-reviewed, (2) report cost data, and (3) be full-text articles. Non-English articles were excluded. Twelve studies were included. The identified costs were made constant to 2022 USD values for reporting and comparison across studies. Annual costs per patient varied from $195 to $11,866 direct medical costs, $201 to $2233 direct non-medical costs and $332 to $26,390 productivity losses were reported. Cost differences were due to the cost types and components in each study. Only three COI studies reported sensitivity analysis and discount rates. Hence, it is recommended that future COI studies include an analysis of correlation between cost components and other variables.
期刊介绍:
Health Economics Review is an international high-quality journal covering all fields of Health Economics. A broad range of theoretical contributions, empirical studies and analyses of health policy with a health economic focus will be considered for publication. Its scope includes macro- and microeconomics of health care financing, health insurance and reimbursement as well as health economic evaluation, health services research and health policy analysis. Further research topics are the individual and institutional aspects of health care management and the growing importance of health care in developing countries.