Primary Causes and Direct Medical Cost of Heart Failure Among Adults Admitted with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in a Public Tertiary Hospital, Kenya
Cor pulmonale, CM, RHD, and HHD were the major causes of HF. The overall direct medical cost of hospitalization was extremely expensive compared with the Kenyan average monthly household income per capita. Widespread comprehensive health insurance coverage is therefore recommended to cushion families against such catastrophic health expenditures besides public health measures aimed at addressing primary causes of HF.
Authors
- Chrispine Oduor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7041-0393)
- G. Titus K. Ngeno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4507-4006)
- Felix Barasa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8319-3976)
- Victor M. Wauye
Institutions
- Moi University (KE)
- Duke University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Global Heart
- Published
- 2025-05-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1426
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.16