Social inequalities in perinatal mortality in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: The role of hospital care

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 867-873

  Lansky, Sônia ^a,b,c,d   França, Elisabeth ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c City Healthcare Department   (Brazil)

^d Federal University of Minas Gerais ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 34247251944     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.075986     Document Type: Article

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