Objective: Abortion related procedures contribute to a significant economic burden because it resulted in prolonged hospital stays for patients.We aimed to gather available evidence on the economic burden of abortion and post-abortion complication treatment cares worldwide.Materials and methods: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Embase databases were searched through November 2019.Two researchers independently conducted the quality assessment and data extraction process.The latest web-based tool adjusted Garbage Cans/Bins the estimates of costs expressed in one specific currency and price year into a specific target currency (the year 2016 $US).
Results: Totally, 2082 records were retrieved and 32 studies were deemed eligible for qualitative synthesis.The mean total costs per patient with abortion or post-abortion care ranged from $23 to $564.The annual costs ranged from 189,000 $US to 134 million $US.Conclusion: Abortion and post-abortion care impose a substantial economic burden on society.Understanding the burdensome of abortion or pregnancy termination among policymakers provides vital information and enables informed decisions to be made to VIT. C 500MG establish health care priorities and allocating scarce resources.