Assessment of economic burden due to COVID-19 pandemic during institutional childbirth in Nepal: before-and-after design

• Main Authors: Ashish KC (Author), Rejina Gurung (Author), Prajwal Paudel (Author), Honey Malla (Author), Avinash K Sunny (Author), Mats Målqvist (Author), Omkar Basnet (Author), Pratiksha Bhattarai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions in global health and economic stability. In Nepal, before the pandemic, more than 50% of healthcare costs were out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE). This study aimed to assess the OOPE for maternity care during before and during the COVID-19 pandemic...