{
    "abstract": "514 women, who were hospitalzed for abortion in a Brazilian hospital 783 times in 1970-1974, were studied. In the same period, there were 2872 deliveries (3.6 deliveries for each abortion). The abortions were divided approximately equally between married and single women (50.6% and 47.3%, respectively). 434 abortions (55.4%) were classified as spontaneous, 152 (19.5%) as induced, and 197 (25.1%) unspecified. The study showed 15.1 spontaneous and 5.2 induced abortions per 100 deliveries; it is pointed out, however, that these figures only reflect hospital cases, and the actual total number of induced abortions in the area studied is estimated to be 3 times as high. The number of abortions increased by 51.08% from 1972 to 1973, and by 20.14% form 1973 to 1974. The average duration of hospitalization was 2.8 days. In 1973-1974, 73 out of 306 cases (23.8%) required blood transfusions (average 870 ml). Complications were present in 21 cases (2.68%), without any fatal cases. The average cost of hospitalization (excluding professional personnel costs) was Cr$330.74 over the 4-year period, and the total cost at the time of publication is estimated as approximately 1000 cruzeiros.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "R",
            "initials": "R",
            "lastname": "Bossemeyer"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "C A",
            "initials": "CA",
            "lastname": "Chagas"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "N R",
            "initials": "NR",
            "lastname": "Carus"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": null,
    "copyrights": null,
    "doi": null,
    "journal": "Femina : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia",
    "keywords": [
        "Abortion, Induced--cost",
        "Abortion, Induced--statistics",
        "Abortion, Spontaneous--statistics",
        "Americas",
        "Brazil",
        "Developing Countries",
        "Diseases",
        "Epidemiologic Methods",
        "Family Planning",
        "Fertility Control, Postconception",
        "Incidence",
        "Latin America",
        "Marital Status",
        "Measurement",
        "Nuptiality",
        "Pregnancy Complications",
        "Research Methodology",
        "South America"
    ],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "1976-06-01",
    "pubmed_id": "12159226",
    "results": null,
    "title": "[Spontaneous and induced abortion. An epidemiological study].",
    "xml": "<Element 'PubmedArticle' at 0x788503b0aa70>"
}