Expansion in the private sector provision of institutional delivery services and horizontal equity: Evidence from Nepal and Bangladesh

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Hotchkiss, David R ^a   Godha, Deepali ^b   Do, Mai ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

equity; Maternal services; private sector

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEPAL; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

BANGLADESH; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84904708157     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czt062     Document Type: Article

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