Productivity cost due to postpartum ill health: A cross-sectional study in Sri Lanka.
Even though postpartum morbidity continues to cause high disease burden in maternal morbidity and mortality across the globe, the literature pertaining to resultant productivity loss is scarce. Hence, the present study aimed at determining the productivity loss and associated cost of episodes of pos...
Main Authors: | Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe, Jennifer Horton, Ishani Darshika, Kaushila Dinithi Galgamuwa, Wasantha Pradeep Ranasinghe, Thilini Chanchala Agampodi, Suneth Buddhika Agampodi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5636104?pdf=render |
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