Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, individual wealth status and patterns of delivery care utilization in Nigeria: A multilevel discrete choice analysis

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 167-174

  Aremu, Olatunde ^a,b   Lawoko, Stephen ^a   Dalal, Koustuv ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delivery care; Health policy; Maternal health services utilization; Multilevel discrete choice; Neigborhood; Nigeria; Socioeconomic disadvantaged

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84055207460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ijwh.s21783     Document Type: Article

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