Family planning and fertility decline in rural iran: The impact of rural health clinics

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 159-180

  Salehi Isfahani, Djavad ^a,d   Abbasi Shavazi, M Jalal ^b,e   Hosseini Chavoshi, Meimanat ^c,e  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^d BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

difference in differences; family planning; fertility; health houses; Iran; program evaluation; propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; BIRTH RATE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PLANNING POLICY; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449254693     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1613     Document Type: Review

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