Socio-economic background, individual cost and hospital care expenditure in cases of illegal and legal abortion in Maputo

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-76

  Machungo, Fernanda ^a   Zanconato, Giovanni ^b   Bergström, Staffan ^c  

^a MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health economy; Illegal abortion; Legal abortion; Mozambique

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031506901     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1997.tb00101.x     Document Type: Article

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