Looking beyond supply: A systematic literature review of demand-side barriers to health service utilization in the mountains of Nepal

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 438-451

  Byrne, Abbey ^a   Hodge, Andrew ^b   Jimenez Soto, Eliana ^b   Morgan, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

global health; health care services; health equity; inequalities in health; maternal and child health

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SERVICES; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH; MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH; NEPAL; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW; UTILIZATION;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SERVICES; HEALTH EQUITY; INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH; MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84887918198     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539513496139     Document Type: Review

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