Table 3.

Services offered for free under the fee exemption for CS policy in seven hospitals in Benin in 2012

Items	Hopsital 1	Hospital 2	Hospital 3	Hospital 4	Hospital 5	Hospital 6	Hospital 7	Number of free items (across all hospitals)
Referral within the district								0/7
Starting intravenous infusion before referral								0/7
Consultation								2/7
Cost of surgery								6/7
Drugs								1/7
Supplies								2/7
Cost of hospitalisation								5/7
Postsurgery check-up								6/7
Free items out of total items	3/8	1/8	2/8	3/8	5/8	4/8	4/8

Black, not free; grey, charged partially; white, free. Source: FEMHealth Report, Benin (19).

CS, caesarean section.