The future cost of cancer in South Africa: An interdisciplinary cost management strategy.
K Sartorius;
B Sartorius
;
PS Govender;
V Sharma;
A Sherriff;
(2016)
The future cost of cancer in South Africa: An interdisciplinary cost management strategy.
SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 106 (10).
pp. 949-950.
ISSN 0256-9574
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i10.11375
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?
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