About the Authors

Fang Ye

Contributed equally to this work with: Fang Ye, Haijun Wang

Affiliation Division of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Peking University Beijing, Beijing, China

Haijun Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Fang Ye, Haijun Wang

wangyan@bjmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Division of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Peking University Beijing, Beijing, China

Dale Huntington

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Hong Zhou

Affiliation Division of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Peking University Beijing, Beijing, China

Yan Li

Affiliation School of Public Health, Kunming Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Fengzhi You

Affiliation Women’s Healthcare Section, Zhengzhou University 3rd Affiliated Hospital Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Jinhua Li

Affiliation Hebei Women and Children Health Center, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

Wenlong Cui

Affiliation School of Public Health, Kunming Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Meiling Yao

Affiliation Women’s Healthcare Section, Zhengzhou University 3rd Affiliated Hospital Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Yan Wang

Affiliation Division of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Peking University Beijing, Beijing, China

the study team for Economic Impact of Maternal Deaths in China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW DH HJW HZ FY. Performed the experiments: YW HJW HZ FY YL FZY JHL WLC MLY. Analyzed the data: FY HJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ YL FZY JHL WLC MLY. Wrote the paper: FY HJW YW DH.