Costs of post abortion care in Lima, Peru hospitals

• Autores: Orozco, Luis Távara, Orderique, Luis, Mascaroa, Pedro, Cabrera, Santiago, Ramos, Miguel Gutiérrez, Paiva, Juana, Jiménez, Ysoé Ramírez, Benavides, Carlos Silva
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2013
• Institución: Sociedad Peruana de Obstetricia y Ginecología
• Repositorio: Revista SPOG - Revista Peruana de Ginecología y Obstetricia
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.spog:article/40
• Enlace del recurso: http://www.spog.org.pe/web/revista/index.php/RPGO/article/view/40
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto

Objectives: To determine care costs of incomplete abortions at public hospitals and elective abortions at a private institution. Design: Prospective study. Participants: Women with incomplete abortion. Methods: In 120 women with either complicated or non-complicated incomplete abortion in four public hospitals and 40 women in a private hospital, time for attention, cost of personal, drugs, materials, equipments and hospital functioning were determined; also pocket cost, transportation, children and home care and non-perceived income. All women signed informed consent. Main outcome measures: Care costs. Results: Hospital stay at three hospitals for non-complicated incomplete abortion until discharge was about 6 hours, more in one hospital because of internal norms. Abortion complications at the four hospitals required longer stay. Women with elective abortion required half the time of those with non-complicated incomplete abortion at hospitals. Total cost for non-complicated incomplete abortions care was similar at the four hospitals, between US$ 110 and US$ 150, and for complicated abortions between US$ 376 and US$ 858. Elective abortions care total cost was similar to that of non-complicated abortions care at hospitals. Conclusions: Non-complicated abortion stay of women was relatively short at hospitals. Complicated and non-complicated abortions care demanded an important cost for hospitals and women themselves. Elective abortion costs were accesible to every woman and none had complications. Key words: Abortion care costs, unsafe abortion, safe abortion.