Regional differences of maternal health care utilization in china

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP1389-NP1397

  Tang, Mengsha ^a   Wang, Debin ^b   Hu, Hong ^a   Wang, Guoping ^a   Li, Rongjie ^b  

^a WANNAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

health services; maternal health care (MHC); MHC related policies; regional differences; service utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926380209     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539513487011     Document Type: Article

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