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An introduction to Financial toxicity

  The term ‘Financial toxicity’ refers to the impacts of increasing healthcare costs and financial burden on patients, after they are diagnosed with a threatening disease. Financial toxicity was initially coined in the context of cancer patients, where not only it was used to indicate the financial hardship experienced by the patients during the treatment,...

Rare Diseases: Emerging HEOR Research Landscape in SAARC Nations

It is estimated that 300 million people in the world live with a rare disease and over 45 million people belong from the South Asia. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) aims to integrate the economics and improve the quality of life of the peoples of its eight member countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,...