Open AccessSubstantial Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure on Prenatal Check-Ups: Estimates from a Sample of Pregnant Women in Cartagena, Colombia
Author(s) -
Nelson Álvis-Zakzuk,
Diana Díaz-Jiménez,
Pablo Chaparro-Narváez,
J. Gutiérrez-Clavijo,
Liliana Castillo-Rodríguez,
Francisco Edna-Estrada,
Carlos Castañeda-Orjuela,
Fernando De la Hoz-Restrepo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinicoeconomics and outcomes research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.591
H-Index - 27
ISSN - 1178-6981
DOI - 10.2147/ceor.s274379
Subject(s) - medicine , percentile , prenatal care , demography , population , confidence interval , prenatal screening , environmental health , pregnancy , prenatal diagnosis , statistics , mathematics , sociology , fetus , biology , genetics
We aimed to estimate out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenditures and the indirect costs related to prenatal check-ups in pregnant women seen in a maternity hospital in the Colombian Caribbean region.