Reducing the medical cost of deliveries in Burkina Faso is good for everyone, including the poor

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ridde, Valéry ^a,b,c   Kouanda, Seni ^c   Bado, Aristide ^c   Bado, Nicole ^c   Haddad, Slim ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; VAGINAL DELIVERY; BURKINA FASO; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BURKINA FASO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84858031589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033082     Document Type: Article

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