Public and private prenatal care providers in urban Mexico: How does their quality compare?

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 306-313

  Barber, Sarah L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexico; Prenatal care; Quality; Urban health services

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEXICO; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MEXICO; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33748119700     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzl012     Document Type: Article

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