Household costs of healtcare during pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period: A case study from Matlab, Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 446-455

  Borghi, Josephine ^a,b   Sabina, Nazme ^c   Blum, Lauren S ^c   Enamul Hoque, Mohammad ^c   Ronsmans, Carine ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Childbirth; Healtcare costs; Health equity; Health expenditure; Pregnancy; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34249690210     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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