Where do poor women in developing countries give birth? a multi-country analysis of Demographic and health survey data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Montagu, Dominic ^a   Yamey, Gavin ^a   Visconti, Adam ^a   Harding, April ^b   Yoong, Joanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNITY CARE; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; BIRTH; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNITY WARD; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; STATISTICS;

BIRTHING CENTERS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PARTURITION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79952275171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017155     Document Type: Article

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