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Table 2 Prices quoted for selected RMNH services, research district

From: The human resource implications of improving financial risk protection for mothers and newborns in Zimbabwe

Service

Facility type

Facility price

FP – 4 cycles of pills

Government clinics

$0.5

Municipal & RDC health clinics

$1

FP – Depo Provera injection

Government clinics

$1

RDC health clinics

$2

Municipal health clinics

$3

Booking for pregnancy – ANC etc.

Government clinics

$5 for registration, routine monthly examinations and monitoring of weight

Rural district council facilities

$10 for registration and booking for ANC and $2 for every ANC visit

Municipal health clinic

$30 total

Provincial/district hospital

$35 total

Ultrasound

Provincial/district hospital

$25

Normal delivery

Municipal health clinic

$35

Normal delivery

Provincial/district hospital

$50 (but with added items which patients have to buy, this is more likely to come to $100)

Caesarean section

Provincial/district hospital

$450 (simple CS)

$600 (CS plus observation for six days)

Postnatal check-up

Provincial/district hospital

$10 (then $20 at six weeks)

  1. Source: interviews with informants, research district.