Estimates of Health Care System Costs of Unsafe Abortion In Africa and Latin America  

Oleh:

Vlassoff, Michael ; Walker, Damian ; Shearer, Jessica ; Singh, Susheela ; Newlands, David

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Family Planning Perspectives vol. 35 no. 03 (Sep. 2009), page 114–121.
Topik: Health care System Costs; Postabortion; Africa; Latin America
Fulltext: International Perspectives on Sexual and ReproductiveHealth,2009,35(3),114–121 (win).pdf (131.01KB)

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Each year, 19 million unsafe abortions occur in developing countries, and on estimated five million women are treated for the resulting serious medical complications. Meanwhile, the economic impact of postabortion care on health care system in Africa and Latin America is poorly understood (data for Asia are lacking). Two main approaches were used to estimate the cost of postabortion care: calculating the average cost of care per patient, as represented in 20 empirical studies, and analyzing treatment costs using the WHO Mother-Baby Package model, which enumerates the costs of specific components of treatment related to postabortion complication. The average cost estimates from each approach were multiplied by the annual number of cases of hospitalization for postabortion care to generate regional cost estimates. Three methods (low severity, weighted severity, and inclusion of overhead and capital costs) were used to generate a range of per-patient and regional cost estimates.

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