Utilisation of postnatal care among rural women in Nepal

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Dhakal, Sulochana ^a   Chapman, Glyn N ^a   Simkhada, Padam P ^a   van Teijlingen, Edwin R ^a   Stephens, Jane ^b   Raja, Amalraj E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Green Tara Trust UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; OCCUPATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEPAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 36149000651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-7-19     Document Type: Article

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