A decade of improvements in equity of access to reproductive and maternal health services in Cambodia, 2000-2010

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dingle, Antonia ^a   Powell Jackson, Timothy ^a   Goodman, Catherine ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Cambodia; Equity; Reproductive and maternal health services; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; MATERNAL HEALTH; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAMBODIA; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DELIVERY; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMBODIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

CAMBODIA;

EID: 84880023963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-51     Document Type: Article

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