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Cost to households in treating maternal complications in northern Ghana: a cross sectional study

Dalaba MA 1 , Akweongo P 2 , Aborigo RA 3 , Saronga HP 4 , Williams J 5 , Aninanya GA 6 Show all authors , Sauerborn R 7 , Loukanova S 8

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  • 1 University of Heidelberg, Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg, Germany. madalaba@yahoo.com
  • 2 University of Ghana, School of Public Health, Accra, Ghana. akweongo@gmail.com
  • 3 Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana. rayborigo@yahoo.com
  • 4 University of Heidelberg, Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg, Germany. sarongahappiness@yahoo.com
  • 5 Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana. williamsjeo@hotmail.com
  • 6 Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana. Gifty.Apiung@navrongo-hrc.org
  • 7 University of Heidelberg, Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg, Germany. rainer.sauerborn@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
  • 8 University of Heidelberg, Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg, Germany. svetla.loukanova@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
BMC Health Serv Res, 2015;15:34.
PMID: 25608609 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0659-1

Abstract

The cost of treating maternal complications has serious economic consequences to households and can hinder the utilization of maternal health care services at the health facilities. This study estimated the cost of maternal complications to women and their households in the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana.

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