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The future cost of cancer in South Africa: An interdisciplinary cost management strategy.

Sartorius K., Sartorius B., Govender PS., Sharma V., Sherriff A.

The exponential rise in cancer costs in South Africa (SA) was illustrated in a recent Sunday Times article entitled 'The cost of cancer can be a debt sentence'. Our Minister of Health talks of a 'war' against the high costs of cancer drugs, and epidemiologists project a sharply rising incidence. Eminent international medical journals, such as The Lancet, underline the fact that cancer cost is a growing international problem that confronts even the richest countries. If richer countries in the world are battling to cover the costs of cancer, what is the prognosis for SA?

More information Original publication

DOI

10.7196/samj.2016.v106i10.11375

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2016-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

106

Pages

949 - 950

Total pages

1

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Keywords

Humans, Neoplasms, Incidence, Cost of Illness, Health Care Rationing, Disease Management, Patient Care Team, South Africa