Disparities in child mortality trends: What is the evidence from disadvantaged states in India? the case of Orissa and Madhya Pradesh

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nguyen, Kim Huong ^a   Jimenez Soto, Eliana ^b   Dayal, Prarthna ^c   Hodge, Andrew ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; India; Madhya Pradesh; MDG 4; Neonatal mortality; Orissa; Under five mortality

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CONVERGENCE; DATA SET; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; NEONATE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED WOMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; ODISHA;

EID: 84879431311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-45     Document Type: Article

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