Socio-economic inequalities in the use of postnatal care in india

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Singh, Abhishek ^a   Padmadas, Sabu S ^b   Mishra, Udaya S ^c   Pallikadavath, Saseendran ^d   Johnson, Fiifi A ^b   Matthews, Zoe ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Center for Development Studies   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; DELIVERY; FAMILY SIZE; HOME DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862088563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037037     Document Type: Article

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