The immediate economic impact of maternal deaths on rural chinese households

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ye, Fang ^a   Wang, Haijun ^a   Huntington, Dale ^b   Zhou, Hong ^a   Li, Yan ^c   You, Fengzhi ^d   Li, Jinhua ^e   Cui, Wenlong ^c   Yao, Meiling ^d   Wang, Yan ^a   Yan, Wang ^a   Haijun, Wang ^a   Fang, Ye ^a   Hong, Zhou ^a,f   Chuyun, Kang ^a   Shanshan, Hou ^a   Du, Wang ^a   Deng, Ao ^a   Yao, Feng ^a   Yichong, Xu ^a   Jinhua, Li ^e   Haiying, Ma ^e   Meilin, Yao ^d   Fengzhi, You ^d   Weijie, Zhang ^d   Huimin, Qu ^d   Xiaohui, Xu ^d   Rui, Wang ^d   Jian, Liu ^d   Wenbin, Jia ^d   Deqi, Du ^d   Jie, Deng ^d   Yan, Li ^c   Wenlong, Cui ^c   Ying, Huang ^c   Jing, Long ^c   Haimei, Hu ^c   Shihong, Xu ^c   Junying, Wang ^c   Haixia, Yang ^c   Ying, Tan ^c   Guicun, Chen ^c   Xiying, Luo ^c   Yaping, Zhu ^f   Tao, Zhao ^f   Wei, Li ^f   Guangping, Guo ^f   more..

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Hebei Women and Children Health Center   (China)

^f Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Yunnan   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CHINESE; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL FEE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; MOTHER;

CHINA; DEATH; ECONOMICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84862004179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038467     Document Type: Article

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