TABLE 4.

Average Costs of Direct Inputs for Personnel, Medicines and Supplies, and Hospitalization for PAC Provision by Type of Complication (US$ in 2016)

Type of Complication
Incomplete AbortionShockSepsisLacerationUterine PerforationAll Complications
Average cost of personnel used in PAC treatment
Primary carea10.0154.8512.4822.8317.0113.42
District hospital7.5110.3918.449.2711.168.43
Regional hospital25.9444.2125.2129.46115.6428.33
Overall15.8537.1420.0715.0653.1318.01
Average cost of medicines and supplies used in PAC treatment
Primary care9.250.8922.1844.3821.9211.21
District hospital15.829.89122.7654.61023.77
Regional hospital20.4029.4922.5610.06131.6722.26
Overall16.2218.7949.6747.4256.9720.20
Average cost of hospitalization for PAC treatment
Primary care0.805.163.513.1710.501.41
District hospital1.667.3510.061.367.682.50
Regional hospital8.086.8810.086.7010.918.15
Overall4.166.658.372.398.024.63
Total (by complication)36.2362.5878.1164.87118.0242.84
  • Abbreviation: PAC, postabortion care.

  • a Health center and dispensary combined.