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

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

doi:10.1363/3511409

Cited by 65 publications

(78 citation statements)

References 9 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Although other nontreatment-related costs exist, overhead and capital costs have been shown in previous studies to be responsible for a substantial portion of the economic burden to the health system of providing postabortion care. 13,16,18,31 We were not able to estimate indirect costs for the provision of legal abortion, as these procedures currently represent too small a proportion of the overall caseload at secondary and tertiary facilities to allow for reliable estimates. We thus limit our comparison of the costs of legal abortion and those of postabortion care to direct costs.…”

Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A recent study found that the provision of postabortion care presents a significant burden to health systems in Latin America and Africa, as the average direct cost per case was around US$115 (in 2006 dollars, after weighting for complication severity). 13 In addition, a systematic review of operations research in Latin America found that, in general, the cost of inpatient D&C is much higher than that of outpatient MVA. 14 This finding has been supported by recent studies in Peru 15 and Mexico.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The Cost of Postabortion Care and Legal Abortion in Colombia

Prada¹,

Maddow‐Zimet²,

Juárez³

2013

IPSRH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Cost of Postabortion Care and Legal Abortion in Colombia

Prada¹,

Maddow‐Zimet²,

Juárez³

2013

IPSRH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Previous estimates suggest an average cost of treating post abortion complications range from $86 -$111 (2006). 13 In Latin America and Africa alone the total health costs combined were $159 million to $333 million per year which represents a significant cost for these health services. 13 South Africa faces a quadruple burden of disease.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The public health and economic consequences of unintended pregnancies in South Africa

Connolly

et al. 2015

Healthc Low Resour Settings

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Unintended pregnancy (UIP) poses considerable humanistic and economic burden in both developed and developing countries. In the analysis described here, we evaluate the costs of unintended pregnancies based on estimates in South Africa. To estimate the burden of UIP, a decision-analytic model was developed using probabilities for pregnancy related outcomes related to UIPs in a single year, which included miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, abortion and live birth. Costs to the public health system were estimated for each birth outcome. We estimated 636,040 annual unintended pregnancies. The annual maternal deaths were estimated to be 1134 of which 219 (19.3%) are attributed to abortions and 915 (80.7%) attributed to complications from miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies and deliveries. The costs attributed to UIP birth outcomes accounted for 3.42 billion Rand annually. Annual costs of UIP live births were estimated to be 82.8% of the total costs with abortion and miscarriage accountable for 8.3% and 8.4% of costs, respectively. In conclusion, despite weaknesses of modelling approaches in healthcare, we believe that our findings here will support further preventative initiatives in South Africa and more broadly to improve access to affordable and effective contraception.

show abstract

“…This is further enhanced by the rising unmet reproductive health care needs among women in the region (see Chapter 1 and 2). Aside the health consequences of unmet reproductive health care needs, the economic burden of reproductive health is huge in most developing countries (Vlassoff, Walker, Shearer, Newlands, & Singh, 2009). This economic burden coupled with the adverse effects of reproductive health near-misses, aggravates long term reproductive care needs of women in later life.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This economic burden coupled with the adverse effects of reproductive health near-misses, aggravates long term reproductive care needs of women in later life. Global estimates show that $68 million to $76 million annually is needed to manage near-misses of unsafe abortion at facility level following unattained reproductive services needs in developing countries (Vlassoff et al, 2009). A recent review of unmet sexual and reproductive health needs in West African show that unmet reproductive needs are still high in some countries (as discussed in Chapter 2)…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unmet reproductive health care needs among rural Ghanaian women

Ayanore¹

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Document Version:Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Please check the document version of this publication:• A submitted manuscript is the version of the article upon submission and before peer-review. There can be important differences between the submitted version and the official published version of record. People interested in the research are advised to contact the author for the final version of the publication, or visit the DOI to the publisher's website.• The final author version and the galley proof are versions of the publication after peer review.• The final published version features the final layout of the paper including the volume, issue and page numbers. Link to publication General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.• Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.• You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal.If the publication is distributed under the terms of Article 25fa of the Dutch Copyright Act, indicated by the "Taverne" license above, please follow below link for the End User Agreement:www.umlib.nl/taverne-license Take down policyIf you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us at:repository@maastrichtuniversity.nl providing details and we will investigate your claim. Unmet reproductive health care needs among rural Ghanaian women © Martin Amogre Ayanore, 2017Cover page and layout designed by BRANDHAUZ ADS Ghana +2330244053131Printed by Datawyse All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written permission from the author. Unmet reproductive health care needs among rural Ghanaian womenDissertation to obtain the degree of Doctor at Maastricht University, on the authority of the Rector Magnificus, Prof. dr. Rianne M. Letschert in accordance with the decision of the board of the Deans, to be defended in public on Friday 7 July, 2017, at 10:00 hours Acknowledgement of fundingThe research presented in this dissertation is made possible through sponsorship from the Ministry of Energy capacity building scholarship scheme, Ghana for Martin Amogre Ayanore PhD studies with University of Maastricht, Netherlands. Additional budgetary support from the Centre for Health Policy Advocacy, Innovation & Research in Africa (CHPAIR-Africa), Accra, Ghana provided additinal research funding to make this work possible. All views presented in this dissertation represent solely that of the author, and do not reflect in any way views from any of ...

show abstract

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

Cited by 65 publications

References 9 publications

The Cost of Postabortion Care and Legal Abortion in Colombia

The Cost of Postabortion Care and Legal Abortion in Colombia

The public health and economic consequences of unintended pregnancies in South Africa

Unmet reproductive health care needs among rural Ghanaian women

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About