How costly is the first prenatal clinic visit? Analysis of out-of-pocket expenditure in rural Sri Lanka - a country with free maternal health care

• Автори: Sajaan Praveena Gunarathne (Автор), Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe (Автор), Thilini Chanchala Agampodi (Автор), Indika Ruwan Prasanna (Автор), Suneth Buddhika Agampodi (Автор)
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• Опубліковано: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background This study aimed to determine the magnitude of and factors associated with out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) during the first prenatal clinic visit among pregnant women in Anuradhapura district, Sri Lanka, which provides free maternal healthcare. Methods The study design was a cro...