Cost to households in treating maternal complications in northern Ghana: A cross sectional study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba ^a,b   Akweongo, Patricia ^c   Aborigo, Raymond Akawire ^b,d   Saronga, Happiness Pius ^a,e   Williams, John ^b   Aninanya, Gifty Apiung ^b   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a   Loukanova, Svetla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Economic burden; Ghana; Household cost; Kassena Nankana district; Maternal complication; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928012435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0659-1     Document Type: Article

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