13. What Is the Cost of Maternal Health Care and How Can it Be Financed?: Methods

13. What Is the Cost of Maternal Health Care and How Can it Be Financed?

		(introduction...)
		Summary
		Introduction
		Methods
		Cost of Maternal Health Services
		The Use of DALYs for the Evaluation of Maternal Health Interventions
		Trends in Domestic and International Expenditure on Maternal Health Services
		Alternative Financing Methods for Maternal Health Services
		Conclusions
		References
		Appendix 1. Definitions
		Appendix 2. Cost of Specific Components of Maternal Health Care
		Appendix 3
		Appendix 4. Background and Approach to Calculation of DALYs
		Appendix 5

Methods

A comprehensive search of Medline and Popline databases was conducted. The results of two reviews were also included: a compilation of studies of reproductive health costs pre-1997 (Mumford, Dayaratna, Winfrey et al . 1998) and a review of economic evaluations of antenatal care interventions (Hutton 1996). The web pages of major donors were reviewed along with other unpublished references.