The costs, benefits, and cost-effectiveness of interventions to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality in Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Mexico, the lifetime risk of dying from maternal causes is 1 in 370 compared to 1 in 2,500 in the U.S. Although national efforts have been made to improve maternal services in the last decade, it is unclear if Millennium Development Goal 5--to reduce maternal mortality by three-quarters by 2015--will be met.

Methodology/principal findings

We developed an empirically calibrated model that simulates the natural history of pregnancy and pregnancy-related complications in a cohort of 15-year-old women followed over their lifetime. After synthesizing national and sub-national trends in maternal mortality, the model was calibrated to current intervention-specific coverage levels and validated by comparing model-projected life expectancy, total fertility rate, crude b

SUBMITTER: Hu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1939734 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature