Does an expansion in private sector contraceptive supply increase inequality in modern contraceptive use?

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 465-475

  Agha, Sohail ^a   Do, Mai ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraceptive use; Family planning; Inequality; Private sector; Public sector

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTRACEPTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; KENYA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MOROCCO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54249131160     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czn035     Document Type: Article

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