Providing skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetric care to the poor through partnership with private sector obstetricians in Gujarat, India

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 960-964

  Singh, Amarjit ^a   Mavalankar, Dileep V ^b   Bhat, Ramesh ^b   Desai, Ajesh ^a   Patel, S R ^b   Singh, Prabal V ^b   Singh, Neelu ^a  

^a Government of India)   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; PRIVATE SECTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; OBSTETRIC CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BIRTH RATE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 72049111531     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.060228     Document Type: Article

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