Parity and institutional delivery in rural Tanzania: A multilevel analysis and policy implications

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 647-657

  Ndao Brumblay, S Khady ^a   Mbaruku, Godfrey ^b   Kruk, Margaret E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; delivery; maternal health services; multilevel modelling; Parity

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICA; DELIVERY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MULTILEVEL MODELLING; PARITY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PARITY; POLICY MAKING; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84883479329     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czs104     Document Type: Article

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