Cost and impact of policies to remove and reduce fees for obstetric care in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Morocco

Table 8 Total expenditure per delivery^a as % of household expenditure, by rural/urban location and by quintile

	Quintile 1		Quintile 2		Quintile 3		Quintile 4		Quintile 5		Average payment (Euros)
	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural
Burkina Faso	56	71	115	78	35	124	40	60	23	60	50
Morocco	52	54	44	58	35	32	31	36	23	69	49
Mali	147	64	49	50	89	62	32	37	34	52	50
Benin	139	170	-	124	124	163	106	170	133	101	83

Source: Exit Interview
^aTotal payment refers to the total cost of delivery (costs paid inside the hospital incl. gifts to personnel, costs of prescribed drugs bought either at the hospital or private pharmacy, the costs of carers and transport costs)

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