ArticleMalawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi2021
The Initial Economic Burden of Femur Fractures on Informal Caregivers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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- The Multidimensional Impact of Traditional Orthopaedic Casting and the Role of Emerging Immobilization Technologies: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- "I am the one taking care of her and donating blood": lived experiences of role-routines of hospital-based informal caregiving in Nigeria.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2024Article
- Intramedullary nailing versus external fixation for open tibia fractures in Tanzania: a cost analysis.OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma · 2021Article
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Abstract
Background: Femur fracture patients require significant in-hospital care. The burden incurred by caregivers of such patients amplifies the direct costs of these injuries and remains unquantified. Aim: Here we aim to establish the in-hospital economic burden faced by informal caregivers of femur fracture patients. Methods: 70 unique caregivers for 46 femoral shaft fracture patients were interviewed. Incurred economic burden was determined by the Human Capital Approach, using standardized income data to quantify productivity loss (in $USD). Linear regression assessed the relationship between caregiver burden and patient time-in-hospital. Results: The average economic burden incurred was $149, 9% of a caregiver's annual income and positively correlated with patient time in hospital (p<0.01). Conclusion: Caregivers of patients treated operatively for femur fractures lost a large portion of their annual income, and this loss increased with patient time in hospital. These indirect costs of femur fracture treatment constitute an important component of the total injury burden.
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