Access to institutional delivery care and reasons for home delivery in three districts of Tanzania

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Exavery, Amon ^a   Kanté, Almamy Malick ^a,b   Njozi, Mustafa ^c   Tani, Kassimu ^a   Doctor, Henry V ^d   Hingora, Ahmed ^a   Phillips, James F ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b Department of Population and Family Health Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c JHPIEGO   (United States)

^d Integrated Programme and Oversight Branch Division for Operations United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Access; Delivery care; Institutional delivery; Kilombero; Rufiji; Tanzania; Ulanga

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; EQUITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC ACCESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; MATERNAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME DELIVERY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY; PREGNANCY;

KILOMBERO; MOROGORO [TANZANIA]; PWANI; RUFIJI; TANZANIA; ULANGA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903607153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-13-48     Document Type: Article

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