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Table 1 Key model inputs and sources

From: Modeling the economic and health impact of substandard uterotonics in Senegal

Parameter variable

Unit

Value (Uncertainty range)

Source

Senegal

Demographics

Total population

People

17,316,449

UNPD 2022 23

Birth rate

Per 1,000 people

33

UNPD 2022 23

Maternal mortality ratio

Per 100,000 live births

261

World Bank 2020 3

Life expectancy at birth, female

Years

69

UNPD 2022 23

Mean age at maternal death

Years

29.5

Assumption Kodio et al. 29

GDP per capita

USD

$1,598.70

World Bank 2022 28

Mothers’ residence by rurality

   

Urban

%

30

DHS 2019 24

Rural

%

70

Care-seeking locations and birth methods by rurality

Urban

   

Public Hospital and Vaginal birth

%

10

DHS 2019 24

Public Hospital and C-section

%

4

Public PHC and Vaginal birth

%

75

Private Hospital and Vaginal birth

%

6

Private Hospital and C-section

%

1

Home

%

5

Rural

   

Public Hospital and Vaginal birth

%

3

DHS 2019 24

Public Hospital and C-section

%

2

Public PHC and Vaginal birth

%

62

Private Hospital and Vaginal birth

%

1

Private Hospital and C-section

%

0

Home

%

31

Proportion of deliveries with PPH

%

40

Assumption based on Tort et al. 27

Proportion of referrals among severe PPH from home and PHC

%

18

Dieme et al. 26

Utilization of Uterotonics

Facility

   

Oxytocin

%

34

Assumption based on KOL

Oxytocin and Misoprostol

%

66

No uterotonics given

%

0

Home

   

No uterotonics given

%

100

Assumption

Proportion of substandard uterotonics

Oxytocin

 

Senegal

Côte d’Ivoire

 

Public sector

%

5.3

54

Mati et al. 10

Private sector

%

4.2

Misoprostol

    

Public sector

%

45.5

4

Mati et al. 10

Private sector

%

25

Home

%

38

 

Assumption based on Mati et al. 10

Risk of health outcomes

Oxytocin

 

Vaginal birth

C section

 

PPH ≥ 500 ml

 

0.12 (0.10–0.15)

0.6 (0.57–0.63)

Gallos et al. 25

PPH ≥ 1000 ml

 

0.03 (0.02–0.04)

0.13 (0.13–0.14)

Oxytocin + Misoprostol

   

PPH ≥ 500 ml

 

0.09 (0.07–0.11)

0.42 (0.35–0.52)

PPH ≥ 1000 ml

 

0.03 (0.02–0.03)

0.12 (0.09–0.13)

Misoprostol

   

PPH ≥ 500 ml

 

0.13 (0.12–0.15)

 

PPH ≥ 1000 ml

 

0.04 (0.03–0.04)

 

Heat-stable carbetocin

   

PPH ≥ 500 ml

 

0.09 (0.08–0.10)

0.44 (0.39–0.48)

PPH ≥ 1000 ml

 

0.03 (0.02–0.03)

0.12 (0.10–0.13)

No prophylactic uterotonics

   

PPH ≥ 500 ml

 

0.24 (0.19–0.29)

 

PPH ≥ 1000 ml

 

0.05 (0.04–0.06)

 

Risk of PPH using substandard vs. quality-assured uterotonics

PPH ≥ 500 ml

Risk Ratio

1.29

Gallos et al. 14

PPH ≥ 1000 ml

Risk Ratio

1.26

Proportion of women with PPH receiving additional uterotonic treatments

With quality-assured uterotonics

%

58

Assumption based on Gallos et al. 14

With substandard uterotonics

%

73

Proportion of women with PPH receiving blood transfusion

With quality-assured uterotonics

%

19

Assumption based on Gallos et al. 14

With substandard uterotonics

%

38

Proportion of postpartum surgery among vaginal births with severe PPH

%

20

KOL Opinion

Costs

Public hospital

  

Vaginal births

  

Estimation by KOL

No PPH

USD

20.44

Mild PPH

USD

30.97

Severe PPH without surgery

USD

43.16

Severe PPH with surgery

USD

66.76

C-sections

  

No PPH

USD

53.84

Mild PPH

USD

69.94

Severe PPH without surgery

USD

77.06

Severe PPH with surgery

USD

100.66

PHC

  

Vaginal births

  

No PPH

USD

20.44

Mild PPH

USD

24.97

Severe PPH without surgery

USD

31.40

Private hospital

  

Vaginal births

  

No PPH

USD

213.73

Mild PPH

USD

224.91

Severe PPH without surgery

USD

289.83

Severe PPH with surgery

USD

1,065.83

C-sections

  

No PPH

USD

788.36

Mild PPH

USD

806.03

Severe PPH without surgery

USD

861.83

Severe PPH with surgery

USD

1,605.83

  1. C-section = Cesarean section; DHS = Demographic and Health Survey; GDP = Gross Domestic Product; KOL = Key Opinion Leader; PHC = primary health center; PPH = postpartum hemorrhage; UNPD = United Nations Population Division; USD = United States dollars; WHO = World Health Organization