Determinants of utilisation of intrapartum obstetric care services in Cambodia, and gaps in coverage

Global Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 890-905

  Chomat, Anne Marie ^a,b,c   Grundy, John ^d   Oum, Sophal ^e   Bermudez, Odilia I ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

birth attendance; Cambodia; Demographic Health Survey; facility delivery; health care disparity; maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMBODIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857091277     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.572081     Document Type: Article

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