Predictors of skilled attendance at delivery among antenatal clinic attendants in Ghana: A cross-sectional study of population data

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Amoakoh Coleman, Mary ^a,b   Ansah, Evelyn K ^c   Agyepong, Irene Akua ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Kayode, Gbenga A ^a   Klipstein Grobusch, Kerstin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SKILL; SOCIAL CLASS; ADOLESCENT; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929996602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007810     Document Type: Article

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