Exploring the costs and economic consequences of unsafe abortion in Mexico City before legalisation

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 17, Issue 33, 2009, Pages 120-132

  Levin, Carol ^a   Grossman, Daniel ^b   Berdichevsky, Karla ^c   Diaz, Claudia ^c   Aracena, Belkis ^d   Garcia, Sandra G ^c   Goodyear, Lorelei ^a  

^a PATH   (United States)

^b IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (United States)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

abortion law and policy; abortion methods; health care costs; Mexico; out of pocket health expenditure; unsafe abortion

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CURETTAGE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INFECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; TRAVEL; VACUUM ASPIRATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66449112855     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(09)33432-1     Document Type: Article

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