Mortality after near-miss obstetric complications in Burkina Faso: medical, social and health-care factors

• Main Authors: Katerini T Storeng (Author), Seydou Drabo (Author), Rasmané Ganaba (Author), Johanne Sundby (Author), Clara Calvert (Author), Véronique Filippi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate mortality in women in Burkina Faso in the 4 years following a life-threatening near-miss obstetric complication and to identify the medical, social and health-care-related causes of death. METHODS: In total, 1014 women were recruited after hospital discharge and followed fo...