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Table 1 Interventions that must be provided to healthy women during pregnancy

From: Matching comprehensive health insurance reimbursements to their real costs: the case of antenatal care visits in a region of Peru

Intervention

Visit

Service involved

Midwife ANC attendancea

All visits

ANC office, triage, admission and pharmacy

Laboratory testsb

1st and 5th visits

Laboratory

Tetanus vaccination

As soon as possible

Immunization service

Iron plus folic acid

All visits from 4th month of gestational age

ANC office and pharmacy

Nutrition screening

1st

Nutrition service

Psychology screening

1st

Psychiatric service

Dental care screening

1st

Dental care service

Echography

1st and 5th visits

Echography service

  1. aClinic history, vital signs, risk factor assessment for complicated pregnancy, iron administration and syphilis and HIV rapid test (this only in the 1st visit)
  2. b1st visit: Haemoglobin or haematocrit, Rh factor, glucose and urine test; 5th visit: equal to 1st visit plus RPR and HIV test