Variations in prenatal care quality for the rural poor in Mexico

Health Affairs

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Barber, Sarah L ^a   Bertozzi, Stefano M ^b   Gertler, Paul J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c Graduate Program in Health Management

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEXICO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICO; POPULATION GROUPS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34248559883     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.3.w310     Document Type: Article

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