Key result
Treatment for hypertension was associated with a mean monthly cost of ₦1440±560 ($9.6±3.7), equivalent to 11% of patients' mean monthly household income in a Nigerian town.
Highlights the significant economic burden of hypertension care on patients in Africa, an area that remains largely undocumented.
We read with great interest the recently published article by Ilesanmi and colleagues in your journal [1]. The authors’ observation that patient’s mean monthly cost of treatment for hypertension was ₦1440±560 ($9.6±3.7), equivalent to 11% of their mean monthly household income was very interesting. It made an interesting piece to read that patient illness costs due to care seeking for hypertension are largely undocumented in Africa just like has been observed for infectious diseases like tuberculosis [2].
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Ukwaja et al. (2013) conducted a letter in Hypertension. Treatment for hypertension was evaluated on Mean monthly cost of treatment. Treatment for hypertension was associated with a mean monthly cost of ₦1440±560 ($9.6±3.7), equivalent to 11% of patients' mean monthly household income in a Nigerian town.
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