Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Tracking Progress in Health for Women and Children Using DHS and MICS Household Surveys

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hancioglu, Attila ^a   Arnold, Fred ^b  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORTALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84877146766     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001391     Document Type: Review

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