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Understanding the financial burden of incomplete abortion: An analysis of the out-of-pocket expenditure on postabortion care in eight public-sector health care facilities in Dakar, Senegal

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Pages 2206-2221 | Received 29 Dec 2020, Accepted 31 Aug 2021, Published online: 14 Sep 2021

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