Where do the rural poor deliver when high coverage of health facility delivery is achieved? Findings from a community and hospital survey in Tanzania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Straneo, Manuela ^a   Fogliati, Piera ^a   Azzimonti, Gaetano ^a   Mangi, Sabina ^b   Kisika, Firma ^c  

^a Doctors with Africa CUAMM ^*  (Tanzania)

^b Tosamaganga Council Designated Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c Reproductive and Child Health   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL STAFF; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SKILL; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; TRANSFUSION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84914706586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113995     Document Type: Article

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