Financial impact and healthcare expenditures among surgical patients in Burundi
Most surgical patients at KHH face extremely high risks of CHEs and impoverishment due to OOP expenses for care, despite insurance coverage. The risk of families being forced into poverty and experiencing FD from surgical care are indicators of the lack of effective financial risk protection programs in Burundi.
Authors
- Alliance Niyukuri
- Carlan Wendler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0903-5675)
- Cesia Cotache‐Condor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3401-9565)
- Jason Fader (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0700-2889)
- Emily R. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1745-5728)
- Siddhesh Zadey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1176-1529)
- Henry E. Rice (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8033-6687)
- Mark G. Shrime (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3546-9867)
- Pamela Espinoza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4606-7844)
- Pacifique Imanishimwe
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Republic of Burundi (BI)
- Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre (IN)
- Sisters of Mercy Health System (US)
- Duke Institute for Health Innovation (US)
- Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology (MW)
- Society for Community Health Awareness Research and Action (IN)
- Hope Africa University (BI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2024-12-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.12447
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Global Health and Surgery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.09