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Obstetrical complications devastate family budgets in some parts of Africa.
2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obstetrical complications devastate family budgets in some parts of Africa.
"This paper estimates the total cost to women and their families associated with a spontaneous vaginal delivery and five types of 'near-miss' obstetric complication in Benin and Ghana, and assesses affordability in relation to household cash expenditure. A retrospective evaluation of costs was carried out among 121 mothers in three hospitals in Ghana. A prospective evaluation of costs was undertaken among 420 pregnant women in two hospitals in Benin," scientists in England report.
"Information was collected on the cost of travel to the facilities and of direct medical and non-medical costs incurred during their stay in hospital.
In Benin, costs ranged from an average of US$115 for a spontaneous delivery to US$256 for a near-miss complication caused by dystocia," according to J. Borghi and colleagues, University of London, London School of Hygien and Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit.
"In Ghana, average costs ranged from US$18 for a spontaneous vaginal delivery to US$1,115 for a near-miss complication caused by hemorrhage. Medical costs accounted for the largest share of total costs; mainly drugs and medical supplies in Ghana and costs of the delivery and any surgical intervention in Benin."
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