Impact of out-of-pocket expenses on children with cancer in Tanzania: A mixed-methods economic study

• Emily R. Smith ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: emily.smith1@duke.edu

  Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1745-5728

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• Pamela Espinoza,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Happiness D. Kajoka,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8571-3699

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• Henry E. Rice,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Madeline Metcalf,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Anna Tupetz,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Cesia Cotache-Condor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Blandina T. Mmbaga,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania

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• Catherine Staton ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Esther Majaliwa

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Services, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania

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