Unsafe abortion is a significant contributor to maternal mortality in Nigeria, and treatment of
postabortion complications drains public healthcare resources. Provider estimates of …

Health care systems around the world are facing problems associated with providing high-
quality care with increasingly constrained resources. Out of an estimated 40–60 million …

CONTEXT: Each year, 19 million unsafe abortions occur in developing countries, and an
estimated five million women are treated for the resulting serious medical complications …

To address the knowledge gap that exists in costing unsafe abortion in Ethiopia, estimates
were derived of the cost to the health system of providing postabortion care (PAC), based on …

This article presents estimates based on the research conducted in 2010 of the cost to the
Ugandan health system of providing post-abortion care (PAC), filling a gap in knowledge of …

Context: Despite international calls to recognize unsafe abortion as a serious health
problem in developing countries, very little quantitative information exists on national levels …

Abstract The Commonwealth Regional Health Community Secretariat undertook a study in
1994 to document the magnitude of abortion complications in Commonwealth member …

Objective. To analyse the medical costs incurred in treating women for incomplete abortion.
This stUdy was performed in conjunction with a nationwide survey of women who presented …

Background Health systems could obtain substantial cost savings by providing safe abortion
care rather than providing expensive treatment for complications of unsafely performed …

Illegally induced abortion at the University College Hospital, Ibadan increased steadily over
a 10-year period (1980–1989) despite increasing availability of family planning services …