The effectiveness of policies promoting facility-based deliveries in reducing maternal and infant morbidity and mortality in low and middle-income countries

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Dudley, Lilian ^a   Hviding, Krystyna ^b   Paulsen, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; IANT MORTALITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 70049084015     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007918     Document Type: Review

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