Volume 10, Issue 3, September 2025

  • Research Article

    Direct Cost Analysis of Diagnostic Digestive Endoscopy Based on Indications and Results in Yaoundé: Policy Implications for Universal Health Coverage in Cameroon

    Zakariaou Njoumemi*, Agnès Ingrid Kpolom Ebéké, Antonin Wilson Ndjitoyap Ndam, Firmin Ankouane Andoulo

    Issue: Volume 10, Issue 3, September 2025
    Pages: 77-89
    Received: 16 June 2025
    Accepted: 30 June 2025
    Published: 19 July 2025
    DOI: 10.11648/j.hep.20251003.11
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    Abstract: In low-income countries, the cost of digestive endoscopy procedures is often unknown, yet its understanding is crucial for including them in the universal health coverage benefit package. The management of digestive endoscopy requires substantial financial contribution from patients, especially in Cameroon where more than 70% of health expenditures... Show More