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. 2018 Jul 23;6:200. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00200

Table 3.

Benefits and feasibility and gap analysis.

Subject Description
Benefit package
Unit cost of thin benefit package Maternal: The amount that will be required per year to provide free maternal health services to a pregnant woman that uses formal ANC at an average of 4 times, has normal delivery in a health facility, and receives post-natal care and family planning service. This is weighted based on the utilization pattern of various maternal health services in facilities used.
Child: The amount that will be required per year to provide a set of health services for an under-five year old child that visits the health facility three times a year. This is weighted based on the utilization pattern of various child health services in facilities used.
Either mother or child: The amount required for either a mother or child which is the sum of: Unit maternal cost times probability of being a mother (0.2), and Unit child cost times probability of being a child (0.8), based on the demographic figures. State level costs are multiples of the unit costs.