Interdistrict variations in child health status and health services utilization: Lessons for health sector priority setting and planning from a cross-sectional survey in rural India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 137-141

  Lahariya, C ^a   Dhawan, J ^a   Pandey, R M ^a   Chaturvedi, S ^a   Deshmukh, V ^a   Dasgupta, R ^a   Suresh, K ^a   Ramji, S ^a   Adhish, V ^a   Goswami, K ^a   Rewal, S ^a   Choudhury, P ^a   Das, M K ^a   Arora, N K ^a  

^a The INCLEN Program Evaluation Network (IPEN)   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; LABORATORY; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE;

EID: 84864471582     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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