Effects of health-system strengthening on under-5, infant, and neonatal mortality: 11-year provincial-level time-series analyses in Mozambique

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Fernandes, Quinhas F ^a,b   Wagenaar, Bradley H ^b,c   Anselmi, Laura ^d   Pfeiffer, James ^b,c   Gloyd, Stephen ^b,c   Sherr, Kenneth ^b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HEALTH ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; GOVERNMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOZAMBIQUE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE;

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84904726979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70276-1     Document Type: Article

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