Cost of Investigating Neurological Disease: Experience of a Tertiary Care Center in Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract

Introduction: Neurological disorders, structural or functional, are prevalent all over the world and are accompanied by physical and social morbidity. In this study, we aimed to calculate the cost of investigating neurological disorders and compare the costs incurred in a government hospital with that in a private hospital.

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“…Neurological disorders are very costly not only in ethical terms but also on an economical level, higher -in absolute terms -dealing in billions of € per year in developed countries where diagnoses are more prevalent [12][13][14][15] but relatively more expensive in underdeveloped countries where means are scarce [7,16,17]. -which poses an inequality issue.…”