Saving mothers and newborns through an innovative partnership with private sector obstetricians: Chiranjeevi scheme of Gujarat, India

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-276

  Mavalankar, Dileep ^a   Singh, Amarjit ^b   Patel, Sureshchandra R ^a   Desai, Ajesh ^b   Singh, Prabal V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b Government of India)   (India)

Author keywords

Chiranjeevi scheme; Emergency Obstetric Care; India; Maternal mortality rate; Public private partnership

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70449533944     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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