Economic inequalities in maternal health care: Prenatal care and skilled birth attendance in India, 1992-2006

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Pathak, Praveen Kumar ^a   Singh, Abhishek ^a   Subramanian, S V ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIA; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 78149417432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013593     Document Type: Article

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