Availability and use of emergency obstetric care services in four districts of West Bengal, India

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 266-274

  Biswas, Akhil Bandhu ^a   Das, Dilip Kumar ^a,c   Misra, Raghunath ^a   Roy, Rabindra Nath ^a   Ghosh, Debdatta ^a   Mitra, Kaninika ^b  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Case fatality rate; Cross sectional studies; Emergency obstetric care; Health services; India; Maternal mortality; Process indicators

Indexed keywords

ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; BIRTH; CALCULATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ECLAMPSIA; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REGISTER; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SKILL; UTERUS RUPTURE;

CESAREAN SECTION; CRITICAL CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 27744532883     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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