Dramatic increase of Cesarean deliveries in the midst of health reforms in rural China

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1544-1549

  Bogg, Lennart ^a,b   Huang, Kun ^c   Long, Qian ^d,e   Shen, Yuan ^f   Hemminki, Elina ^g  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cesarean; Childbirth; China; Delivery; Health finance; Health insurance; Health system; Incentives; Maternal health; Rural

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; MATERNAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL FEE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; TREND STUDY;

BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

CHINA;

EID: 77951652294     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.026     Document Type: Article

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