Ability to pay and impoverishment among women who give birth at a University Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1145-1156

  Gartoulla, Pragya ^a   Liabsuetrakul, Tippawan ^b   Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi ^b   McNeil, Edward ^b  

^a PURBANCHAL UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

ability to pay; caesarean section; impoverishment; Kathmandu; normal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEPAL; POVERTY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NEPAL; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870919103     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.733719     Document Type: Article

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