Factors affecting institutional delivery in rural Chitwan district of Nepal: A community-based cross-sectional study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shah, Rajani ^a   Rehfuess, Eva A ^b   Maskey, Mahesh K ^c   Fischer, Rainald ^d   Bhandari, Prem B ^e   Delius, Maria ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Nepal Public Health Foundation   (Nepal)

^d Krankenhaus München Pasing   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Birthing centre; Institutional delivery; Maternal health; Nepal; South Asia; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MATERNITY WARD; NEPAL; OUTCOME VARIABLE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME DELIVERY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTHING CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEPAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84924192757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0454-y     Document Type: Article

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