Substantial Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure on Prenatal Check-Ups: Estimates from a Sample of Pregnant Women in Cartagena, Colombia.
Nelson J Alvis-ZakzukDiana Díaz-JiménezPablo Enrique Chaparro NarváezJuan C Gutiérrez-ClavijoLiliana Castillo-RodríguezFrancisco Edna-EstradaCarlos A Castañeda-OrjuelaFernando De La Hoz-RestrepoPublished in: ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR (2022)
Considering the estimated OOP health expenditures caused by prenatal check-ups by household income, women living with <1 minimum wage spend 7% of their income in a prenatal check-up. In women with 1-2 and >2-3 minimum wages, these proportions were 5%, 3%, respectively. Unfortunately, this makes prenatal care a significant source of economic burden, impacting poor households in Cartagena.