| Title |
Productivity Cost Due to Maternal Ill Health in Sri Lanka
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0042333 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Suneth Agampodi, Thilini Agampodi, Nuwan Wickramasinghe, Santhushya Fernando, Umanga Chathurani, Wathsala Adhikari, Ishani Dharshika, Dhanaseela Nugegoda, Samath Dharmaratne, David Newlands |
| Abstract |
The global impact of maternal ill health on economic productivity is estimated to be over 15 billion USD per year. Global data on productivity cost associated with maternal ill health are limited to estimations based on secondary data. Purpose of our study was to determine the productivity cost due to maternal ill health during pregnancy in Sri Lanka. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 57% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 71% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 29% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 66 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 10 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 12% |
| Researcher | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 15 | 22% |
| Unknown | 15 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 32% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 14% |
| Unknown | 18 | 26% |