Bypassing primary care clinics for childbirth: A cross-sectional study in the Pwani region, United Republic of Tanzania;Contournement des cliniques de soins primaires pour l'accouchement: Une étude transversale dans la région de Pwani, en République-Unie de Tanzanie

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 246-253

  Kruk, Margaret E ^a   Hermosilla, Sabrina ^a   Larson, Elysia ^a   Mbaruku, Godfrey M ^b  

^a Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CENSUSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PARTURITION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897413592     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.126417     Document Type: Article

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