Utilization of maternal health care services in Southern India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1849-1869

  Navaneetham, K ^a   Dharmalingam, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Health workers; India; Maternal health services; Regional variation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; MATERNAL HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

ADULT; CULTURE; DELIVERY ROOMS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID; WOMEN, WORKING;

INDIA;

EID: 0036843381     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00313-6     Document Type: Article

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