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

• Egile Nagusiak: Anne Niyigena (Egilea), Barnabas Alayande (Egilea), Laban Bikorimana (Egilea), Elizabeth Miranda (Egilea), Niclas Rudolfson (Egilea), Deogratias Ndagijimana (Egilea), Fredrick Kateera (Egilea), Robert Riviello (Egilea), Bethany Hedt-Gauthier (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...