The burden of unintended pregnancies in Brazil: A social and public health system cost analysis

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 663-670

  Le, Hoa H ^a   Connolly, Mark P ^a,b   Bahamondes, Luis ^c   Cecatti, Jose G ^c   Yu, Jingbo ^d   Hu, Henry X ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Global Market Access Solutions   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Brazil; Public health; Unintended pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE LABOR; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 84904427491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S61543     Document Type: Article

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