Inequity in maternal health care service utilization in Gujarat: Analyses of district-level health survey data

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Saxena, Deepak ^a,b   Vangani, Ruchi ^a   Mavalankar, Dileep V ^a   Thomsen, Sarah ^b  

^a India   (India)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Gujarat; Health care utilization; Inequity; Maternal health; Skilled birth attendance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GUJARAT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; INEQUITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTENATAL CARE; GUJARAT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INEQUITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880497477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.19652     Document Type: Article

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