Emergency obstetric care in Mali: catastrophic spending and its impoverishing effects on households
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the frequency of catastrophic expenditures for emergency obstetric care, explore its risk factors, and assess the effect of these expenditures on households in the Kayes region, Mali. METHODS: Data on 484 obstetric emergencies (242 deaths and 242 near-misses) were collected...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2013-03-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862013000300012&lng=en&tlng=en |