Direct cost of maternity-care services in South Delhi: A community survey

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 368-378

  Gupta Dhar, Rinku Sen ^a   Nagpal, Jitender ^a   Sinha, Swati ^a   Bhargava, V L ^a   Sachdeva, Aarti ^a   Bhartia, Abhishek ^a  

^a SITARAM BHARTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Community survey; Health expenditure; Healthcare cost; India; Maternal health services; Maternity care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67649794019     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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