Back to Search
Start Over
Comparison of Costs of Home and Facility-based Basic Obstetric Care in Rural Bangladesh
- Source :
- Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2010.
-
Abstract
- This study compared the costs of providing antenatal, delivery and postnatal care in the home and in a basic obstetric facility in rural Bangladesh. The average costs were estimated by interviewing midwives and from institutional records. The main determinants of cost in each setting were also assessed. The cost of basic obstetric care in the home and in a facility was very similar, although care in the home was cheaper. Deliveries in the home took more time but this was offset by the capital costs associated with facility-based care. As use-rates increase, deliveries in a facility will become cheaper. Antenatal and postnatal care was much cheaper to provide in the facility than in the home. Facility-based delivery care is likely to be a cheaper and more feasible method for the care provider as demand rises. In settings where skilled attendance rates are very low, home-based care will be cheaper.
- Subjects :
- Postnatal Care
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Maternal-Child Health Centers
Population
Nursing
Health care
Humans
Medicine
Maternal Health Services
Obstetric care
education
health care economics and organizations
Bangladesh
education.field_of_study
Health economics
Cost–benefit analysis
business.industry
Rural health
Cost-benefit analysis
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health Care Costs
Healthcare costs
Original Papers
Home Care Services
Comparative studies
Costs and Cost Analysis
Female
Maternal health
Rural Health Services
Rural area
business
Postpartum period
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16060997
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....39de00d38d44a88367fa530c50447272