Table 3. Perspective and category of included costs.
Study | Perspective | Cost year and currency | Discount rates | Cost breakdown | |||||
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Cost | Outcomes | Direct costs | Indirect costs | Source of costs | |||||
Family planning costs | Pregnancy-related costsb | Other costs | |||||||
[25] | NR | USD 2001 | NR | NR | Modern contraceptivesa | Abortion, prenatal care, delivery, preeclampsia/ eclampsia, sepsis obstructed labor, postpartum hemorrhage, postnatal care | Severe anemia, sexually transmitted infection | NA | Secondary data |
[26] | NR | USD 2006 | 3% | NR | Modern contraceptivesa | Abortion, antenatal care, delivery, community-based interventions, management of complications, postpartum care | Transportation | NA | Secondary data |
[27] | NR | USD 2006 | NR | NR | Modern & traditional contraceptivesa | Abortion, antenatal care, delivery, community-based interventions, management of complications, postpartum care | Transportation | NA | Secondary data |
[28] | Societal | USD 2008 | NR | NR | Modern contraceptivesa | Abortion, antenatal care, delivery, community-based interventions, management of complications, postpartum care | Transportation | NR | Secondary data |
[29] | Societal & governmental | USD 2010 | 3% | 3% | Modern contraceptivesa & out of pocket when patients seek for contraceptive services | Antenatal care, miscarriage, induced abortion, ectopic pregnancy, delivery, obstetric hemorrhage, eclampsia | Overhead and capital costs associated with different services | Productivity loss | Secondary data |
[30] | Healthcare provider (service delivery) | USD 2010 | 3% | 3% | Modern & traditional contraceptivesa | NA | Transportation, storage | NA | Secondary data |
[24] | Healthcare provider (service delivery) | USD 2000 | NA | NA | Modern contraceptivesa including distribution, supplies and outreach visits (training, supervision and provider) | NA | PMTCT including drugs, personnel, counseling and testing | NA | Secondary data |
[31] | Healthcare provider (service delivery) | Price year not mentioned | NR | NR | Modern contraceptivesa | NA | Antiretroviral | NA | Secondary data |
[32] | NR | USD 2011 | NA | NA | Integration of modern contraceptivesa and HIV services | NA | Counseling, training | NA | Primary data |
IUD = Intrauterine device
PMTCT = Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
a Modern contraceptives including oral contraceptives, injectable contraceptives, barrier contraceptives, intrauterine device, female and male sterilization weighted by the costs of healthcare personnel and services
b Including costs of healthcare personnel and other healthcare materials