Social Inequalities in Use of Prenatal Care in Manitoba

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 806-816

  Heaman, Maureen I ^a,b   Green, Chris G ^b,c   Newburn Cook, Christine V ^d   Elliott, Lawrence J ^b   Helewa, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care services; Health care use; Pregnancy; Prenatal care; Regional variations; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADIAN ABORIGINAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; MANITOBA; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL CARE; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADOLESCENT; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MANITOBA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 38449108518     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32637-8     Document Type: Article

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