Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of covering Burkitt lymphoma in children under Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme
Providing health insurance coverage to children with BL is potentially cost-effective. The effectiveness and cost-savings relating to this strategy is driven by its positive impact on treatment initiation and retention. Based on this evidence, there has been a policy change where Ghana's NHIS has prioritized financing for cancer treatment in children.
Authors
- Joycelyn Azeez
- Godwin Gulbi
- Daniel Ankrah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2447-1830)
- Ivy Amankwah
- George Kwesi Hedidor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3147-5143)
- Angela Ackon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5960-2522)
- Mohamed Gad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5603-597X)
- Augustina Koduah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9915-5333)
- Brian Asare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2216-501X)
- James Akazili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3259-9794)
- Peter Agyei‐Baffour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8464-0053)
- Edward Amoah Boateng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7688-3370)
- Kwadwo Ansong Asante
- Emmanuella Abassah-Konadu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1774-9651)
- Saviour Yevutsey
- Martha Gyansa‐Lutterodt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6804-1157)
- Justice Nonvignon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7484-9491)
- Lieke Fleur Heupink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0836-949X)
- Francis Ruiz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5183-3959)
- Lydia Dsane‐Selby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1788-9961)
- Lumbwe Chola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6488-2813)
- Richmond Owusu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0066-3491)
- Ruby Aileen Mensah
- Dakota Pritchard
- Maureen M Martey
- Marc Dzradosi
- Kwabena Asante Offei
- Kwame Adu Bonsaffoh
- Taiba Afaa Jibril
- William Omane-Adjekum
- Nicholas Adjimani
Institutions
- Ministry of Health (GH)
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- University of Ghana (GH)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Management Sciences for Health (US)
- Ghana Health Service (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12962-025-00603-1
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.94
Funders
- University of Ghana
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology