Assessing access barriers to maternal health care: Measuring bypassing to identify health centre needs in rural Uganda

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 377-384

  Parkhurst, Justin O ^a   Ssengooba, Freddie ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Access barriers; Bypassing; Health service use; Maternal health; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTROSPECTION; MATERNAL CARE; MEASUREMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; UGANDA; DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UGANDA;

EID: 69049096107     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czp023     Document Type: Article

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