Economic burden of heart failure: investigating outpatient and inpatient costs in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria.

<h4>Background</h4>Heart failure (HF) is a deadly, disabling and often costly syndrome world-wide. Unfortunately, there is a paucity of data describing its economic impact in sub Saharan Africa; a region in which the number of relatively younger cases will inevitably rise.<h4>Metho...

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Main Authors: Okechukwu S Ogah, Simon Stewart, Obinna E Onwujekwe, Ayodele O Falase, Saheed O Adebayo, Taiwo Olunuga, Karen Sliwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113032