Trends and geographical inequalities of the main health indicators for rural Iran

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-237

  Movahedi, Mohammad ^a   Hajarizadeh, Behzad ^b   Rahimi, Azamdokht ^c   Arshinchi, Masoumeh ^c   Amirhosseini, Khadijeh ^c   Haghdoost, Ali Akbar ^d,e  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^d KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health indicator; Inequality; Iran; Projection; Rural; Vital horoscope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; IRAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL AREA;

BIRTH RATE; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; PREGNANCY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 65349171556     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czp007     Document Type: Article

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