Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a chronic valvular heart disease that is responsible for a heavy burden of premature mortality in low- and middle-income countries. The total costs of RHD are important to health policy and research investment decisions. We estimate for the first time the total cost of RHD for Fiji (2008–2012) using a cost-of-illness approach and novel primary data on RHD disease burden and costs. Methods RHD cases were identified using probabilistic record linkage across four routine data sources: (1) the Fiji RHD Control Program, (2) national hospital admissions records, (3) the Ministry of Health database of cause-specific deaths and (4) hospital ECG clinic registers. For each individual with RHD, we obtained i...
ABSTRACT Objectives Rheumatic heart disease remains a major public health concern in developing c...
Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) has declined dramatically in wealthier countries in the pa...
BACKGROUND: Echocardiographic screening is under consideration as a disease control strategy for rhe...
Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is considered a major public health problem in developing c...
Objectives: To determine the incidence and clinical features of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in Fiji,...
BACKGROUND: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is considered a major public health problem in developing ...
Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a neglected disease of poverty that is the most common ...
BACKGROUND: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is considered a major public health problem in developing ...
Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is considered a major public health problem in developing ...
Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is considered a major public health problem in developing c...
AbstractBackgroundRheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a neglected disease of poverty that is the most c...
OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence and clinical features of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in Fiji,...
Background Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is a disease of poverty that is neglected in developing c...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have emerged as one of the major endemics in Fiji which is responsi...
Background Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is a disease of poverty that is neglected ...
ABSTRACT Objectives Rheumatic heart disease remains a major public health concern in developing c...
Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) has declined dramatically in wealthier countries in the pa...
BACKGROUND: Echocardiographic screening is under consideration as a disease control strategy for rhe...
Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is considered a major public health problem in developing c...
Objectives: To determine the incidence and clinical features of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in Fiji,...
BACKGROUND: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is considered a major public health problem in developing ...
Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a neglected disease of poverty that is the most common ...
BACKGROUND: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is considered a major public health problem in developing ...
Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is considered a major public health problem in developing ...
Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is considered a major public health problem in developing c...
AbstractBackgroundRheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a neglected disease of poverty that is the most c...
OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence and clinical features of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in Fiji,...
Background Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is a disease of poverty that is neglected in developing c...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have emerged as one of the major endemics in Fiji which is responsi...
Background Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is a disease of poverty that is neglected ...
ABSTRACT Objectives Rheumatic heart disease remains a major public health concern in developing c...
Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) has declined dramatically in wealthier countries in the pa...
BACKGROUND: Echocardiographic screening is under consideration as a disease control strategy for rhe...