Does the safe-motherhood programme reach the poor in Uttar Pradesh, India?

Asian Population Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-191

  Pathak, Praveen K ^a   Mohanty, Sanjay K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Poor versus non poor; Poverty; Public private providers; Safe motherhood; Uttar Pradesh

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; MATERNAL HEALTH; POVERTY DETERMINANT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 77954843109     PISSN: 17441730     EISSN: 17441749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2010.494444     Document Type: Article

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