Who is left behind on the road to universal facility delivery? A cross-sectional multilevel analysis in rural Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1057-1066

  Kruk, Margaret E ^a   Hermosilla, Sabrina ^b   Larson, Elysia ^a   Vail, Daniel ^b   Chen, Qixuan ^b   Mazuguni, Festo ^c   Byalugaba, Beatrice ^c   Mbaruku, Godfrey ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Facility utilisation; Maternal health; Multilevel models

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; LOGISTICS; MEDIA ROLE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASH CROP; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TANZANIA; DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

PWANI; TANZANIA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936182070     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12518     Document Type: Article

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