Still too far to walk: Literature review of the determinants of delivery service use

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 34-

  Gabrysch, Sabine ^a   Campbell, Oona M R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME DELIVERY; INCOME; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; PARITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL BELIEF; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MOTHERS; PARITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 70349854531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-34     Document Type: Article

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