Costs of near-miss obstetric complications for women and their families in Benin and Ghana

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-390

  Borghi, Josephine ^a   Hanson, Kara ^a   Acquah, Charles Adjei ^b   Ekanmian, Gatien ^c   Filippi, Veronique ^a   Ronsmans, Carine ^a   Brugha, Ruairi ^a   Browne, Edmund ^d   Alihonou, Eusebe ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ghana Ministry of Health   (Ghana)

^c Ctr Reg pour le Devmt et la Sante   (Benin)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^e Centre National Hospitalier et Universitaire   (Benin)

Author keywords

Affordability; Benin; Economic burden; Ghana; Maternal mortality; Obstetric complications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIN; BUDGET; DYSTOCIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; LABOR; LABOR COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAVEL; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BENIN; COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GHANA; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0344665567     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czg046     Document Type: Article

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