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Table 5 Median cost as a percentage of annual household expenditure

From: Cost to households in treating maternal complications in northern Ghana: a cross sectional study

Type of complication

Median cost (US$)

Percentage of annual household expenditure (%)

Pre-eclampsia

58.33

6

Aneamia/Malaria

56.76

6

Haemorrhage

6.84

1

Infection

30.88

3

Abdominal pains

38.67

4

Prolong labour

28.41

3

Total

32.03

3