Preference for private hospital-based maternity services in inner-city Lagos, Nigeria: An observational study

Health Policy

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-216

  Olusanya, Bolajoko O ^a,b   Roberts, Alero A ^a   Olufunlayo, Tolulope F ^a   Inem, Victor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing country; Health seeking behavior; Immunization clinics; Maternal health; Urban health

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREMATURITY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RELIGION; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; INTERVIEW; OBSERVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; NIGERIA; OBSERVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954457262     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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