On the socio-economic determinants of antenatal care utilization in Azerbaijan: Evidence and policy implications for reforms

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-203

  Habibov, Nazim N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; BIRTH ORDER; EASTERN EUROPE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AZERBAIJAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AZERBAIJAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961083398     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133110000174     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Academy of Preventive Medicine (APM) (2000), Kazakhstan Demographic and Health Survey 1999, Almaty, Kazakhstan: APM and Macro International Inc.
2. Angel-Urdinola, D. and S. Jain (2006), 'Do Subsidized Health Programs in Armenia Increase Utilization among the Poor'? World Bank Policy Research Working Paper no. 4017. Washington, DC: World Bank.
3. Barber, S. and P. Gertler (2008), 'Empowering women to obtain high quality care: evidence from an evaluation of Mexico's conditional cash transfer programme', Health Policy and Planning, 24(1): 18-25.
4. Baschieri, A. and F. Falkingham (2009), 'Spatially disaggregated estimates of poverty in Azerbaijan: asset indices versus imputed welfare', Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 34(2): 87-104.
5. Betley, M. (2004), 'Public Expenditures in the CIS-7 Countries', in C. Shiells and S. Sattar (eds), The Low-Income Countries of Commonwealth of Independent States. Progress and Challenges in Transition, Washington, DC: The International Monetary Fund: 109-140.
6. Bollen, K., J. Glanville and G. Stecklov (2001), 'Economic Status Proxies in Studies of Fertility in Developing Countries: Do The Measure Matter'? Measure Evaluation Working Papers, WP-01-38. Washington, DC: World Bank.
7. Celik, Y. and D. R. Hotchkiss (2000), 'The socio-economic determinants of maternal health care utilisation in Turkey', Social Science and Medicine, 50(12): 1797-1806. (Pubitemid 30155507)
8. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2003), Eastern Europe and Eurasia Comparative Study Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health in Eastern Europe and Eurasia: A Comparative Report, CDC, Atlanta, GA.
9. Erci, B. (2003), 'Barriers to utilization of antenatal care services in Turkey', Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 35(3): 269-273. (Pubitemid 38591670)
10. Fan, L. and N. Habibov (2008), 'Targeting social assistance benefits in Azerbaijan: what we can learn from a household survey?', International Journal of Social Welfare, 17(4): 346-354.
11. Fan, L. and N. Habibov (2009), 'Determinants of maternity health care utilization in Tajikistan: learning from a national living standards survey', Health & Place, 15(4): 952-960.
12. Falkingham, J. (2003), 'Inequality and changes in woman's use of maternal health-care services in Tajikistan', Studies in Family Planning, 34: 32-43. (Pubitemid 36669536)
13. Falkingham, J. (2004), 'Poverty, out-of-pocket payments and access to health care: evidence from Tajikistan', Social Science and Medicine, 58: 247-258. (Pubitemid 37353039)
14. Filmer, D. and L. Pritchett (2001), 'Estimating wealth effects without expenditure data - or tears: an application to educational enrollments in states of India', Demography, 38(1): 115-132. (Pubitemid 33597463)
15. Fuller, W. (2009), Sampling Statistics, Hoboken, NJ: Willey Publication. Government of Azerbaijan Republic (2003), State Programme on Poverty Reduction and Economic Development, Baku: Azerbaijan Republic.
16. Government of Azerbaijan Republic (2004), State Programme of Economic Development of Regions for the Years of 2004-2008, Baku: Azerbaijan Republic.
17. Government of Tajikistan (GoT) (2005), 'Poverty reduction strategy paper', Second Progress Report, Dushanbe: GRT.
18. Gotsadze, G., S. Bennett, K. Ranson and D. Gzirishvili (2005), 'Health care-seeking behaviour and out-of-pocket payments in Tbilisi, Georgia', Health Policy and Planning, 20: 222-242.
19. Guo, Y., X. Feng, G. Shi, Y. Wang, L. Xu, H. Luo, J. Shen and H. Yin (2009), An Impact Evaluation of the Safe Motherhood Program in China, New Dehli: Global Development Network. Global Development Network Working Paper Series no. 7.
20. Gwatkin, D., S. Rutstein, K. Johnson, E. Suliman, A. Wagstaff and A. Amouzou (2007), Socio-Economic Differences in Health, Nutrition, and Population Within Developing Countries, Washington, DC: World Bank.
21. Habibov, N. (in press), 'Hospitalization in Tajikistan: determinants of admission, length of stay and out-of-pocket expenditures. Results of a national survey', International Journal of Health Planning and Management, doi:10.1002/hpm.972.
22. Habibov, N. (2009), 'Determinants of out-of-pocket expenditures on prescribed medications in Tajikistan: implications for healthcare sector reform', Journal of Health Organization and Management, 23(2): 170-182.
23. Habibov, N. and L. Fan (2008), 'Modelling antenatal health care utilization in Tajikistan using a two-stage approach: implications for policy and research', Health Policy and Planning, 23(6): 443-451.
24. Handa, S. and B. Davis (2006), 'The experience of conditional cash transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean', Development Policy Review, 24(5): 513-536.
25. Houweling, T., C. Ronsmans, O. Camplbell and A. Kunst (2007), 'Huge poor-rich inequalities in maternity care: an international comparative study of maternity and child care in developing countries', Bulletin of the World Health Organizations, 85: 745-754. (Pubitemid 350082914)
26. Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies (HUIPS) (2004), Turkey Demographic and Health Survey, 2003, Ankara, Turkey: HUIPS.
27. Levy, P. and S. Lemeshow (2008), Sampling of Populations: Methods and Applications, 4th edn, New York: Wiley.
28. Long, S. and J. Freese (2006), Regression Models for Categorical Dependent Variables Using Stata, College Station, TX: STATA Press Publication.
29. Kohler, U. and F. Kreuter (2008), Data Analysis Using Stata, 2nd edn, College Station, TX: Stata Press.
30. Magadi, M. A., N. J. Madise and R. N. Rodrigues (2000), 'Frequency and timing of antenatal care in Kenya: explaining the variations between women of different communities', Social Science and Medicine, 51(4): 551-561. (Pubitemid 30251919)
31. Matsumura, M. and B. Gubhaju (2001), 'Women's status household structure and the utilisation of maternal health services in Nepal', Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 16(1): 23-44.
32. Matthews, Z., S. Mahendra, A. Kilaru and S. Ganapathy (2001), 'Antenatal care, care-seeking and morbidityin rural Karnataka, India: results of a prospective study', Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 16(2): 11-28.
33. McKee, M., J. Healy and J. Falkingham (2002), Health Care in Central Asia, Philadelphia, PA: Open University Press.
34. Miles-Doan, R. and K. L. Brewster (1998), 'The impact of type of employment on women's use of prenatal-care services and family planning in urban Cebu, the Philippines', Studies in Family Planning, 29(1): 69-78.
35. Montgomery, M., M. Gragnolati, K. Burke and E. Paredes (2000), 'Measuring living standards with proxy variables', Demography, 37(2): 155-174.
36. National Scientific and Applied Center for Preventive Medicine (NCPM) (2006), Moldova Demographic and Health Survey 2005, Calverton, MA: NCPM and ORC Macro.
37. Nielsen, B., M. Hedegaard, J. Liljestrand, S. H. Thilsted and A. Joseph (2001), 'Characteristics of antenatal care attenders in a rural population in Tamil Nadu, South India: a community-based cross-sectional study', Health and Social Care in the Community, 9(6): 327-333. (Pubitemid 33696676)
38. Nisar, N. and F. White (2003), 'Factors affecting utilization of antenatal care among reproductive age group women (15-49 years) in an urban squatter settlement of Karachi', JPMA - Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 53(2): 47-53.
39. O'Donnell, O., E. van Doorslaer, A. Wagstaff and M. Lindelow (2008), Analyzing Health Equity Using Household Survey Data. A Guide to Techniques and Their Implementation, Washington: World Bank.
40. Paredes, I., L. Hidalgo, P. Chedraui, J. Palma and J. Eugenio (2005), 'Factors associated with inadequate antenatal care in Ecuadorian women', International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 88(2): 168-172. (Pubitemid 40247514)
41. Rani, M., S. Bonu and S. Harvey (2008), 'Differential in the quality of antenatal care in India', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 20(1): 62-71.
42. Rutstein, S. and K. Johnson (2004), The Wealth Index, Calverton, MA: ORC Macro. Say, L. and R. Raine (2007), 'A systematic review of inequalities in the use of maternal health care in developing countries: examining the scale of the problem and the importance of the context', Bulletin of the World Health Organizations, 85: 812-819.
43. Sepehri, A., S. Sarma, W. Simpson and S. Moshiri (2008), 'How important are individual, household and commune characteristics in explaining utilization of maternal health services in Vietnam?', Social Science and Medicine, 67: 1009-1017.
44. Sharma, B. (2004), 'Utilisation of antenatal care services in Nepal', Nepal Population Journal, 11(10): 79-97.
45. Simkhada, B., E. van Teijingen, M. Porter and P. Simkhada (2008), 'Factors affecting the utilization of antenatal care in developing countries: systematic review of the literature', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 61(3): 244-260.
46. State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan (SSC) and Macro International Inc. (2008) Azerbaijan Demographic and Health Survey 2006, Calverton, MA: SSC and Macro International Inc.
47. Sunil, T. S., S. Rajaram and L. Zottarelli (2006), 'Do individual and program factors matter in the utilization of maternal care services in rural India? A theoretical approach', Social Science and Medicine, 62: 1943-1957.
48. Trivedi, P. (2002), Patterns of Health Care Utilization in Vietnam: Analysis of 1997-98 Vietnam Living Standards Survey Data. Policy Research Working Paper no. 2775. Washington, DC: World Bank.
49. UNICEF (2000), Azerbaijan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2000, Baku: UNICEF.
50. WHO (2005), World Health Report 2005, Geneva: WHO.
51. World Bank (2003), Azerbaijan Republic Poverty Assessment (in two volumes), Volume II: The Main Report, Washington, DC: The World Bank.
52. World Bank (2005a), Azerbaijan Health Sector Review Note (in two volumes), Volume I: Main Report, Washington, DC: The World Bank.
53. World Bank (2005b), Azerbaijan Health Sector Review Note (in two volumes), Volume II: Background Papers, Washington, DC: The World Bank.