The burden and costs of chronic diseases in low-income and middle-income countries.
The burden and costs of chronic diseases in low-income and middle-income countries.
D. Abegunde,C. Mathers,2 Authors,Kathleen L Strong
2007 · DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61696-1
The Lancet · 1,609 Citations
TLDR
This paper estimates the disease burden and loss of economic output associated with chronic diseases-mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes-in 23 selected countries which account for around 80% of the total burden of chronic disease mortality in developing countries.