The true costs of cesarean delivery for patients in rural Rwanda: Accounting for post-discharge expenses in estimated health expenditures

• Main Authors: Anne Niyigena (Author), Barnabas Alayande (Author), Laban Bikorimana (Author), Elizabeth Miranda (Author), Niclas Rudolfson (Author), Deogratias Ndagijimana (Author), Fredrick Kateera (Author), Robert Riviello (Author), Bethany Hedt-Gauthier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction While it is recognized that there are costs associated with postoperative patient follow-up, risk assessments of catastrophic health expenditures (CHEs) due to surgery in sub-Saharan Africa rarely include expenses after discharge. We describe patient-level costs for cesarean se...