Financial burden of cancer in Nepal: Factors associated with annual cost and catastrophic health expenditure
Seeking cancer treatment posed a substantial financial risk to patients in Nepal. Most of the patients experienced catastrophic health expenditure while a quarter of the patients experienced impoverishment following cancer treatment expenses, highlighting the need for strengthened social health protection mechanisms.
Authors
- Kjell Arne Johansson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8912-8710)
- Shiva Raj Adhikari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4642-8606)
- Pratik Khanal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1057-5700)
- Achyut Raj Pandey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1037-1273)
- Sherven Sharma
- R. K. Mishra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0197-263X)
- Nirmal Poudel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1611-1149)
- Biraj Karmacharya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7312-5758)
- Krishna Kumar Aryal
Institutions
- Tribhuvan University (NP)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- Kathmandu University (NP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0331321
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.42
Funders
- Direktoratet for Utviklingssamarbeid