Giving birth at a health-care facility in rural China: Is it affordable for the poor?;Donner naissance dans un établissement médical en Chine rurale: Les pauvres peuvent-ils se le permettre?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-152

  Long, Qian ^a   Zhang, Yaoguang ^b   Raven, Joanna ^c   Wu, Zhuochun ^d   Bogg, Lennart ^e   Tang, Shenglan ^c   Hemminki, Elina ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA;

EID: 79551675900     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.10.079434     Document Type: Article

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