The health system cost of post-abortion care in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorVlassoff, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMugisha, Frederick
dc.contributor.authorSundaram, Aparna
dc.contributor.authorBankole, Akinrinola
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Susheela
dc.contributor.authorAmanya, Leo
dc.contributor.authorKiggundu, Charles
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-23T05:41:44Z
dc.date.available2022-01-23T05:41:44Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis article presents estimates based on the research conducted in 2010 of the cost to the Ugandan health system of providing post-abortion care (PAC), filling a gap in knowledge of the cost of unsafe abortion. Thirty-nine public and private health facilities were sampled representing three levels of health care, and data were collected on drugs, supplies, material, personnel time and out-of-pocket expenses. In addition, direct non-medical costs in the form of overhead and capital costs were also measured. Our results show that the average annual PAC cost per client, across five types of abortion complications, was $131. The total cost of PAC nationally, including direct non-medical costs, was estimated to be $13.9 million per year. Satisfying all demand for PAC would raise the national cost to $20.8 million per year. This shows that PAC consumes a substantial portion of the total expenditure in reproductive health in Uganda. Investing more resources in family planning programmes to prevent unwanted and mistimed pregnancies would help reduce health systems costs.en_US
dc.identifier.citationVlassoff, M., Mugisha, F., Sundaram, A., Bankole, A., Singh, S., Amanya, L., ... & Mirembe, F. (2014). The health system cost of post-abortion care in Uganda. Health Policy and Planning, 29(1), 56-66. doi:10.1093/heapol/czs133en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1093/heapol/czs133
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1444
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHealth Policy and Planningen_US
dc.subjectAbortionen_US
dc.subjectCosten_US
dc.subjectPost-abortion careen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleThe health system cost of post-abortion care in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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