"Can community level interventions have an impact on equity and utilization of maternal health care" - Evidence from rural Bangladesh

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Quayyum, Zahidul ^a   Khan, Mohammad Nasir Uddin ^b   Quayyum, Tasmeen ^b   Nasreen, Hashima E ^b   Chowdhury, Morseda ^c   Ensor, Tim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Research and Evaluation Division   (Bangladesh)

^c Health Services   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUITY; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; IMMUNITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEONATE; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84875513921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-22     Document Type: Article

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