Emergency obstetric care in Mali: catastrophic spending and its impoverishing effects on households

• Main Authors: Catherine Arsenault (Author), Pierre Fournier (Author), Aline Philibert (Author), Koman Sissoko (Author), Aliou Coulibaly (Author), Caroline Tourigny (Author), Mamadou Traoré (Author), Alexandre Dumont (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the frequency of catastrophic expenditures for emergency obstetric care, explore its risk factors, and assess the effect of these expenditures on households in the Kayes region, Mali. METHODS: Data on 484 obstetric emergencies (242 deaths and 242 near-misses) were collected...