Changes in the proportion of facility-based deliveries and related maternal health services among the poor in rural Jhang, Pakistan: Results from a demand-side financing intervention

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Agha, Sohail ^a  

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PAKISTAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

JHANG; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

EID: 82255167658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-57     Document Type: Article

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