Rating maternal and neonatal health services in developing countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 721-727

  Bulatao, Rodolfo A ^a   Ross, John A ^b  

^a Futures Group International ^*  (United States)

^b Futures Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Delivery of health care; Developing countries (source: MeSH, NLM); Family planning; Health services accessibility; Maternal health services; Perinatal care; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL HEALTH;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL CARE; PROPHYLAXIS; RATING SCALE; RURAL POPULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN POPULATION;

BENCHMARKING; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0036376762     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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