Investigating the role of health care at birth on inequalities in neonatal survival: Evidence from Bangladesh

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Neal, Sarah E ^a   Matthews, Zoë ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Developing countries; Inequalities; Maternal health services; Neonatal; Poverty

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEONATE; POVERTY DETERMINANT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTHPLACE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARITY; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84874516266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-17     Document Type: Article

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