Determinants of performance of health systems concerning maternal and child health: A global approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Pinzón Flórez, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Fernández Niño, Julián Alfredo ^a   Ruiz Rodríguez, Myriam ^b   Idrovo, Álvaro J ^b   López, Abel Armando Arredondo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARIBBEAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEASLES VACCINATION; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MATERNAL MORTALITY;

EID: 84926481892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120747     Document Type: Article

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