Cost of hospital care of women with postpartum haemorrhage in India, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda: a financial case for improved prevention

• Main Authors: Fiona Theunissen (Author), Isotta Cleps (Author), Shivaprasad Goudar (Author), Zahida Qureshi (Author), Olorunfemi Oludele Owa (Author), Kidza Mugerwa (Author), Gilda Piaggio (Author), A. Metin Gülmezoglu (Author), Miriam Nakalembe (Author), Josaphat Byamugisha (Author), Alfred Osoti (Author), Sura Mandeep (Author), Teko Poriot (Author), George Gwako (Author), Sunil Vernekar (Author), Mariana Widmer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective Access to quality, effective lifesaving uterotonics in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains a major barrier to reducing maternal deaths from postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). Our objective was to assess the costs of care for women who receive different preventative uteroton...