Equity of skilled birth attendant utilization in developing countries: Financing and policy determinants

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 142-147

  Kruk, Margaret E ^a,b,c   Prescott, Marta R ^a   Galea, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDWIFERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 38449087770     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.104265     Document Type: Article

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