Utilisation of Health Services and Geography: Deconstructing Regional Differences in Barriers to Facility-Based Delivery in Nepal

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 566-577

  Hodge, Andrew ^a   Byrne, Abbey ^b   Morgan, Alison ^b   Jimenez Soto, Eliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Facility based delivery care; Geographic inaccessibility; Nepal; Regional coverage gaps

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEPAL; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEPAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929045153     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1540-x     Document Type: Article

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