The burden of maternal health care expenditure in India: Multilevel analysis of national data

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1622-1630

  Leone, Tiziana ^a   James, K S ^b   Padmadas, Sabu S ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic burden; Household; Maternal health care; Out of pocket expenditures; Public private

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84889081151     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1174-9     Document Type: Article

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