ArticleRisk management and healthcare policy2021
Cost of Treating Maternal Complications and Associated Factors in Mekelle General Hospital, Northern Ethiopia.
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- The magnitude of second-trimester induced abortion and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Pooled it
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- Household costs, catastrophic out-of-pocket payments and impoverishment related to accessing surgical care in rural Ethiopia.PloS one · 2026Article
- Urban-rural disparities in receipt of treatment for obstetric complications in Ethiopia: A multivariate decomposition analysis.PloS one · 2026Article
- Unraveling the hidden expenses of free delivery services: a cross-sectional analysis of the public health facilities of the Harari Region, Ethiopia.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Healthcare-Seeking Behaviour for Obstetric Complications in Ethiopia: A Multilevel Mixed-Effect Analysis.Health services insights · 2025Article
- Hidden cost of hospital-based delivery and associated factors among postpartum women attending public hospitals in Gamo zone, southern Ethiopia.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Receipt of core antenatal care components and associated factors in Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Cost of maternal complications and its associated factors among mothers attending Hawassa public hospitals, Southern Ethiopia.Journal of public health research · 2023Article
- The Cost of Maternal Complications and Its Associated Factors Among Mothers Attending Public Hospitals in Harari Region and Dire Dawa City Administration, Eastern Ethiopia: An Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study.ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR · 2023Article
- The true costs of cesarean delivery for patients in rural Rwanda: Accounting for post-discharge expenses in estimated health expenditures.International journal for equity in health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe government of Ethiopia introduced an exemption policy that guarantees free maternal healthcare services from public providers. This policy aims to ensure financial protection and enhance utilization of services especially for low-income people. However, patients in most cases incur health expenditure when seeking health care. This paper aims to assess direct and indirect medical costs of treating maternal complications and associated factors at a public hospital in Northern Ethiopia.
methodsAn institution-based cross-sectional study design was carried on 267 mothers with complications. A multivariate linear regression model at 5% level of significance was used to analyze factors driving the outcome.
resultsThe median cost was more than seven times the monthly minimum wage, and this may cause severe financial consequences for the poor. Direct medical costs accounted for the major share (68%) of total cost, and this was mainly driven by lack of diagnostic services at public facilities and paying for private providers. Expenditure for treatment of maternal complications is positively associated with income, absence from work, travel time to the facility and being diagnosed at a private facility.
conclusionThe overall evidence in this study poses a concern about the context in which fee exemption reforms are being implemented.
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