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Table 4 Costs for abortion and PAC

From: Patient and health system costs of managing pregnancy and birth-related complications in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

Authors name

Country

Data collection year

Cost category

Base cost (USD)

Cost (USD) in 2018

Abortion

 Patient perspective

  Akalu et al. (2012) [17]

Ethiopia

2007–2008

Direct

13.4a

15.7

  Henshaw et al. (2008) [29]

Nigeria

2002–2003

Direct

32.2

43.9

  Ilboudo et al. (2015) [31]

Burkina Faso

2012

Direct

56.0b

61.3

Burkina Faso

2012

Direct

37.0c

40.5

  Lince et al. (2015) [39]

South Africa

2010

Direct & indirect

21.2

24.5

  Lince et al. (2017) [41, 42]

South Africa

2009–2011

Direct & indirect

10.0

11.2

  Moore et al. (2018) [46]

Zambia

2014–2015

Direct

62.0

65.7

  Pearson et al. (2011) [52]

Ethiopia

2008–2009

Direct

10.0

11.7

  Sundaram et al. (2013) [58]

Uganda

2011–2012

Direct

23.0

25.2

 Provider perspective

  Le et al. (2015) [37]

South Africa

2014

Recurrent & capital

281.2

298.3

  Lince et al. (2017) [41, 42]

South Africa

2011–2013

Recurrent & capital

65.4

70.5

  Lince et al. (2018) [40]

South Africa

2013–2014

Recurrent & capital

250.3d

265.5

  Parmar D [50]

Zambia

2013–2014

Recurrent

38.0e

40.3

Post-abortion care

 Patient perspective

  Henshaw et al. (2008) [29]

Nigeria

2002–2003

Direct

116.0

158.4

  Ilboudo et al. (2015) [31]

Burkina Faso

2012

Direct

33.0b

36.1

Burkina Faso

2012

Direct

19.0c

20.8

  Meda et al. (2019) [44]

Burkina Faso

2016

Direct

32.1

33.6

  Moore et al. (2018) [46]

Zambia

2014–2015

Direct

81.0

85.8

  Sundaram et al. (2013) [58]

Uganda

2011–2012

Direct

26.0

28.4

 Provider perspective

  Benson et al. (2015) [20]

Malawi

2010

Recurrent

40.0

46.1

  Levin et al. (2000) [38]

Uganda

1998

Recurrent

46.5

71.7

Malawi

1998

Recurrent

35.9

55.2

Ghana

1998

Recurrent

65.2

100.4

  MoH –Kenya (2018) [45]

Kenya

2016

Recurrent

58.0

60.7

  Parmar et al. (2017) [50]

Zambia

2013–2014

Recurrent

52.0

55.2

  Paul et al. (2015) [51]

Sierra Leone

2012

Recurrent

68.0

74.4

  Vlassoff et al. (2014) [61]

Rwanda

2012

Recurrent & capital

93.0

101.7

  Vlassoff et al. (2012) [60]

Uganda

2010

Recurrent & capital

131.2

151.1

  Vlassoff et al. (2009) [64]

Ethiopia

2008

Recurrent & capital

100.0

116.6

  1. aaverage of costs in public facilities (USD 16.12) and private USD 10.73
  2. bprocedure for induced abortion
  3. ccost of care for spontaneous abortion
  4. daverage for dilatation & evacuation with misoprostol (88.90 USD), medical induction with mifepristone+misoprostol (298.03 USD) and medical induction with misoprostol only (364.08 USD)
  5. e Costs of unsafe abortion