The cost-savings of implementing kangaroo mother care in Nicaragua

OBJECTIVE: To examine the costs of implementing kangaroo mother care (KMC) in a referral hospital in Nicaragua, including training, implementation, and ongoing operating costs, and to estimate the economic impact on the Nicaraguan health system if KMC were implemented in other maternity hospitals in...

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Main Authors: Edward I. Broughton, Ivonne Gomez, Nieves Sanchez, Concepción Vindell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2013-09-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892013000900005&lng=en&tlng=en