Open Access<p>Cost of Hypertension Illness and Associated Factors Among Patients Attending Hospitals in Southwest Shewa Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Addisu Bogale Zawudie,
Teferi Daba Lemma,
Dawit Wolde Daka
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinicoeconomics and outcomes research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.591
H-Index - 27
ISSN - 1178-6981
DOI - 10.2147/ceor.s241591
Subject(s) - medicine , total cost , disease , cross sectional study , indirect costs , demography , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , environmental health , business , physics , accounting , pathology , sociology , optics , economics , microeconomics
Hypertension is a common vascular disease and the main risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Since the incidence of hypertension is rising in Ethiopia, one may expect that the household's cost of healthcare services related to the disease will increase in the near future. Yet the cost associated with the disease is not known. We aimed to estimate the total cost of hypertension illness and identify associated factors among patients attending hospitals in Southwest Shewa zone, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia.