Triple return on investment: The cost and impact of 13 interventions that could prevent stillbirths and save the lives of mothers and babies in South Africa

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Michalow, Julia ^a   Chola, Lumbwe ^a   McGee, Shelley ^a   Tugendhaft, Aviva ^a   Pattinson, Robert ^b   Kerber, Kate ^c   Hofman, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child health; Cost analysis; Maternal health; South Africa; Stillbirths

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD CARE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; RESUSCITATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STILLBIRTH; SYPHILIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; STILLBIRTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928400347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0456-9     Document Type: Article

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