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Out of pocket (OOP) cost of treating hypertension in Karachi, Pakistan

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dc.contributor.author Nousheen Aslam
dc.contributor.author Muhammad Harris Shoaib
dc.contributor.author Rabia Bushra
dc.contributor.author Faraz Ahmed Farooqi
dc.contributor.author Farya Zafar
dc.contributor.author Huma Ali
dc.contributor.author Saima Saleem
dc.date.accessioned 2023-01-19T04:30:35Z
dc.date.available 2023-01-19T04:30:35Z
dc.date.issued 2018-05-10
dc.identifier.citation Aslam, N., Shoaib, M. H., Bushra, R., Farooqi, F. A., Zafar, F., Ali, H., & Saleem, S. (2018). Out of pocket (OOP) cost of treating hypertension in Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 31. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1011-601X
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/16071
dc.description.abstract Pakistan is categorized to below to middle income countries where two third of the national annual health expenditure is in the form of out of pocket (OOP) cost. A prevalence based study was conducted to determine the OOP cost treatment of hypertension in Karachi by interviewing 350 hypertensive patients aged >30 years through a validated questionnaire. Hypertension (HTN) was classified into stage 1 and stage 2 and was found to be common in females (53.42%) than males (46.57%). The total costs of stage 1and stage 2 HTN were calculated to be217869.7PKR and17545457.6 PKR respectively. The average treatment cost of stage 1 was observed to be significantly lower (p=0.006) than the cost of stage 2 HTN. Moreover; the cost of antihypertensive drugs, physician fees and laboratory tests were considerably different however; no variation was seen in cost of transport and loss of productivity through absenteeism from work. Overall, the present study indicates that the antihypertensive treatment has imposed a high burden on the pocket of common man and this is a major reason for treatment non-adherence. Consequently, it increases the risks of cardiovascular events, morbidity and mortality. Therefore, effective strategic planning is need of time to reduce OOP cost for better control on hypertension in Pakistan. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Karachi en_US
dc.subject Hypertension en_US
dc.subject out of pocket cost en_US
dc.subject Karachi en_US
dc.subject difference en_US
dc.title Out of pocket (OOP) cost of treating hypertension in Karachi, Pakistan en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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