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When Paying for Care Becomes a Crisis: Affordability Barriers, Coping Strategies, and Financial Consequences of Chronic Illness in Lagos, Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Chronic non-communicable disease (NCD) care in Nigeria remains largely financed out of pocket, exposing households to affordability barriers and harmful coping strategies. This study examined the prevalence and patterning of affordability barriers, financial coping strategies, and predictors of foregone care and distress financing among chronic NCD patients attending public health facilities in Lagos, Nigeria. METHODS: A facility-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 480 adults receiving outpatient care for chronic NCDs, such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascu…

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Source	OpenAlex research
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	Cureus
Date	2026-07-07
Type	article
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Found at	https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.112226
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When Paying for Care Becomes a Crisis: Affordability Barriers, Coping Strategies, and Financial Consequences of Chronic Illness in Lagos, Nigeria. OpenAlex research, 2026. Vero Archive, record openalex:W7167614469.