Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Validating Women's Self-Report of Emergency Cesarean Sections in Ghana and the Dominican Republic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Tunçalp, Özge ^a   Stanton, Cynthia ^a   Castro, Arachu ^b   Adanu, Richard ^c   Heymann, Marilyn ^b   Adu Bonsaffoh, Kwame ^c   Lattof, Samantha R ^d   Blanc, Ann ^e   Langer, Ana ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL NEWBORN AND CHILD HEALTH COVERAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877148732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060761     Document Type: Article

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