Estimating the obstetric costs of female genital mutilation in six African countries

• Main Authors: Taghreed Adam (Author), Heli Bathija (Author), David Bishai (Author), Yung-Ting Bonnenfant (Author), Manal Darwish (Author), Dale Huntington (Author), Elise Johansen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the cost to the health system of obstetric complications due to female genital mutilation (FGM) in six African countries. METHODS: A multistate model depicted six cohorts of 100 000 15-year-old girls who survived until the age of 45 years. Cohort members were modelled to have...