Rural/urban and socioeconomic differentials in quality of antenatal care in Ghana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Afulani, Patience A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ECONOMICS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923241627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117996     Document Type: Article

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