Maternal health situation in India: A case study

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-201

  Vora, Kranti S ^a   Mavalankar, Dileep V ^a   Ramani, K V ^b   Upadhyaya, Mudita ^a   Sharma, Bharati ^a   Iyengar, Sharad ^c   Gupta, Vikram ^d   Iyengar, Kirti ^d  

^a Centre for Management of Health Services   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^c ARTH 3   (India)

^d Population Foundation of India   (India)

Author keywords

Delivery; Health indicators; Healthcare; India; Maternal health; Maternal health services; Maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67649816295     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v27i2.3363     Document Type: Article

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