Regional disparities in prenatal care services in rural China

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 682-689

  Lu, Jun ^a   Shen, Jay J ^b   Chen, Gang ^a   Moseley, Charles B ^b   Sun, Mei ^a   Gao, Fei ^b   Wang, Ying ^a   Mao, Yuming ^a   Hao, Mo ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; high risk screening; prenatal care; rural area

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053907005     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511418356     Document Type: Review

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