The socio-economic determinants of maternal health care utilization in Turkey

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1797-1806

  Celik, Yusuf ^a   Hotchkiss, David R ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Maternal health services; Turkey

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; TURKEY;

TURKEY;

EID: 0034101591     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00418-9     Document Type: Article

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