| Title |
Obstructed Labor and Caesarean Delivery: The Cost and Benefit of Surgical Intervention
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0034595 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Blake C. Alkire, Jeffrey R. Vincent, Christy Turlington Burns, Ian S. Metzler, Paul E. Farmer, John G. Meara |
| Abstract |
Although advances in the reduction of maternal mortality have been made, up to 273,000 women will die this year from obstetric etiologies. Obstructed labor (OL), most commonly treated with Caesarean delivery, has been identified as a major contributor to global maternal morbidity and mortality. We used economic and epidemiological modeling to estimate the cost per disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) averted and benefit-cost ratio of treating OL with Caesarean delivery for 49 countries identified as providing an insufficient number of Caesarean deliveries to meet demand. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 32% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 16% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 4% |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 4% |
| Singapore | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| Chile | 1 | 4% |
| Brazil | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 5 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 72% |
| Scientists | 3 | 12% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 12% |
| Unknown | 1 | 4% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Congo, The Democratic Republic of the | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 155 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 30 | 19% |
| Researcher | 22 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 20 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 11% |
| Lecturer | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 30 | 19% |
| Unknown | 30 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 70 | 44% |
| Social Sciences | 15 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 5% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 6 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 21 | 13% |
| Unknown | 36 | 23% |