Maternal mortality in India: Causes and healthcare service use based on a nationally representative survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Montgomery, Ann L ^a   Ram, Usha ^a,b   Kumar, Rajesh ^c   Jha, Prabhat ^a,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^c School of Public Health Institute of Medical Education   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PUERPERIUM; REGISTER; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEPSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TETANUS; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84898636551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083331     Document Type: Review

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