The costs, benefits, and cost-effectiveness of interventions to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality in Mexico.

BACKGROUND: In Mexico, the lifetime risk of dying from maternal causes is 1 in 370 compared to 1 in 2,500 in the U.S. Although national efforts have been made to improve maternal services in the last decade, it is unclear if Millennium Development Goal 5--to reduce maternal mortality by three-quarte...

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Main Authors: Delphine Hu, Stefano M Bertozzi, Emmanuela Gakidou, Steve Sweet, Sue J Goldie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1939734?pdf=render