The changes in maternal mortality in 1000 counties in mid-western China by a government-initiated intervention

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Liang, Juan ^a   Li, Xiaohong ^a   Dai, Li ^a   Zeng, Weiyue ^a   Li, Qi ^a   Li, Mingrong ^a   Zhou, Rong ^a   He, Chunhua ^a   Wang, Yanping ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; COMMUNITY CARE; COST CONTROL; DELIVERY; EMERGENCY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; POVERTY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84861312705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037458     Document Type: Article

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