Catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment after caesarean section in Sierra Leone: An evaluation of the free health care initiative

• Alex J. van Duinen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aalke.j.v.duinen@ntnu.no

  Affiliations Institute of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Surgery, St Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6943-0100

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• Josien Westendorp,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

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• Thomas Ashley,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Kamakwie Wesleyan Hospital, Kamakwie, Sierra Leone, Department of Surgery, Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• Lars Hagander,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Surgery and Public Health, Clinical Sciences Lund, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

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• Hampus Holmer,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Alimamy P. Koroma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH), University Teaching Hospitals Complex, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• Andrew J. M. Leather,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation King’s Centre for Global Health & Health Partnerships, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Mark G. Shrime,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Arne Wibe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Surgery, St Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• Håkon A. Bolkan

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Department of Surgery, St Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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