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Deboutte, Danielle, O'Dempsey, Timothy 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9596-9687, Mann, Gillian and Faragher, Brian
(2013)
'Cost-effectiveness of caesarean sections in a post-conflict environment: a case study of Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo'. Disasters, Vol 37, Issue S1, S105-S120.
Abstract
This paper demonstrates the feasibility of health services research in an unstable environment during the transition from crisis to development and its importance for future planning. Effectiveness and the cost of caesarean sections (CSs) were investigated in Bunia, a town affected by conflict and insecurity, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2008. The CS rate was 9.7 per cent of expected deliveries. All CSs in the study sample were emergency procedures. A humanitarian non-governmental organisation (NGO) hospital, offering free services, performed 75 per cent of all CSs. The estimated provider cost for CS in 2008 at this hospital was USD 103,514 (that is, USD 144 per CS). With a cost of between USD 3.8 and 9.2 per year of health adjusted life expectancy (HALE) gained, CSs at the NGO hospital were very cost-effective. The estimates give an indication of funding requirements to maintain adequate access to CS after the departure of the humanitarian organisation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Special Issue: Evidence-based Action in Humanitarian Crises |
| Subjects: | WA Public Health > WA 30 Socioeconomic factors in public health (General) WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 310 Maternal welfare WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 395 Health in developing countries WQ Obstetrics > Obstetric Surgical Procedures > WQ 430 Cesarean section. Symphysiotomy and similar techniques |
| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12015 |
| Depositing User: | Lynn Roberts-Maloney |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Feb 2015 12:40 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Jun 2022 11:10 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/4925 |
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