User fees and maternity services in Ethiopia

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 310-315

  Pearson, Luwei ^a   Gandhi, Meena ^b   Admasu, Keseteberhan ^c   Keyes, Emily B ^d  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c Federal Ministry of Health   (Ethiopia)

^d FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Low resource country; Maternity services; Quality of care; User fees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; ETHIOPIA; FEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNITY SERVICE; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; USER FEE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 80955145764     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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