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Illegal abortion: an attempt to assess its cost to the health services and its incidence in the community

Figà-Talamanca, Irene, Sinnathuray, T. A., Yusof, Khairuddin, Fong, Chee Kin, Palan, V. T., Adeeb, Nafisah, Nylander, Percy, Onifade, Ayodele, Akin, Ayse, Bertan, Münevver, Gaslonde, Santiago, Edström, Karin, Ayeni, Olusola, Belsey, Mark A., Hoick, S. E.·1986·International Journal of Health Services
DOI 10.2190/bj4f-9kjn-mfal-6x22
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This article describes a study designed to test a method for assessing the cost to the health services of illegally induced abortion and the feasibility of estimating the incidence of induced abortion by a field interviewing approach. The participating centers included three hospitals in Ankara, Turkey; three hospitals in Ibadan, Nigeria; one hospital in Caracas and one in Valencia, Venezuela; and two hospitals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hospitalized abortion cases were classified as induced or spontaneous or as "probably induced," "possibly induced," or "unknown" according to a classification scheme comprising certain medical criteria. The sociodemographic characteristics of induced and spontaneous abortion cases were subjected to discriminant function analysis and the discriminating variables best characterizing the induced versus the spontaneous abortion groups were identified for each center. On the basis of this analysis, the "probably" and "possibly" induced and "unknown" categories were further classified as induced or spontaneous abortion, with stated probabilities. Thus an overall estimate is made of the proportion of all hospitalized abortions that can be considered illegally induced outside the hospital. Selected results on costs of induced and spontaneous abortion are shown. The method further tested the feasibility of obtaining valid survey data on abortion from the communities studied by re-interviewing the women hospitalized for induced and spontaneous abortion…

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  • Most studies have relied on clinical criteria where classification of unsafe abortion is based on presence of infection/sepsis or trauma combined with statement unplanned pregnancy.

    “In addition, most of the studies have relied on a set of clinical criteria where the classification of unsafe abortion is based on the presence of infection/sepsis or trauma combined with the statement unplanned pregnancy (53).”

    From Unsafe abortion and postabortion care - an overview (2011) · cites this paper as [53]

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Figà-Talamanca, I., Sinnathuray, T. A., Yusof, K., Fong, C. K., Palan, V. T., Adeeb, N., Nylander, P., Onifade, A., Akin, A., Bertan, M., Gaslonde, S., Edström, K., Ayeni, O., Belsey, M. A., & Hoick, S. E.
ORCID
Fong, Chee Kin
Venue
International Journal of Health Services
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1986-07
Volume
16
Issue
3
Pages
375-389
ISSN
  • 0020-7314 (ISSN-L)
  • 1541-4469
DOI
10.2190/bj4f-9kjn-mfal-6x22
OpenAlex
W2332160913
Cited by
70
References
0
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
FWCI
2.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • International Journal of Health Services (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Reproductive Health and Contraception
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Human Rights and Reproductive Law
Keywords
illegal abortion, abortion, miscarriage, abortion incidence, discriminant function analysis
MeSH terms
Abortion, Illegal, Costs and Cost Analysis, Data Collection, Developing Countries, Female, Health Services, Humans, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pregnancy, Turkey, Venezuela, Pregnant People, Internationality

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