Does the quality of prenatal care matter in promoting skilled institutional delivery? A study in rural Mexico

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 419-425

  Barber, Sarah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Institutional delivery; Maternal mortality; Mexico; Prenatal care; Quality of care; Skilled delivery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEXICO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEXICO; ODDS RATIO; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33749039428     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-006-0079-x     Document Type: Article

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