Table 1 Monthly caseload distribution by treatment category and procedure type in 93 PAC-providing public health facilities (n = 1,207 cases)1
From: Costs of postabortion care in public sector health facilities in Malawi: a cross-sectional survey
MVA | D&C | Misoprostol | Overall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
PAC treatment category | ||||||||
Simple | 582 | 87 % | 427 | 80 % | 3 | 100 % | 1,012 | 84 % |
UE with associated treatment | 582 | 427 | 3 | 1,012 | ||||
Severe non-surgical | 84 | 13 % | 108 | 20 % | 0 | 192 | 16 % | |
UE with treatment of sepsis | 61 | 74 | - | 135 | ||||
UE with blood transfusion | 16 | 24 | - | 40 | ||||
UE with treament of sepsis & blood transfusion | 7 | 10 | - | 17 | ||||
Severe surgical | 1 | <1 % | 2 | <1 % | 0 | 3 | <1 % | |
UE with surgical repair & treatment of sepsis | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | ||||
UE with surgical repair & blook transfusion | - | - | - | - | ||||
UE with surgical repair, treatment of sepsis & blood transfusion | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||
All procedures | 667 | 537 | 3 | 1,207 | ||||