Conditional cash transfer to promote institutional deliveries in India: Toward a sustainable ethical model to achieve MDG 5A

Public Health Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-180

  Gopichandran, Vijayaprasad ^a   Chetlapalli, Satish Kumar ^a  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; EMPOWERMENT; ETHICS; HAWTHORNE EFFECT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; PERINATAL DEATH; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84866622470     PISSN: 17549973     EISSN: 17549981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phe/phs021     Document Type: Article

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