Availability of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) among public and private health facilities in rural northwest Bangladesh

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sikder, Shegufta S ^a   Labrique, Alain B ^a   Ali, Hasmot ^b   Hanif, Abu Am ^b   Klemm, Rolf Dw ^a   Mehra, Sucheta ^a   West, Keith P ^a   Christian, Parul ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JiVitA Maternal Child Health Research Project   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Emergency obstetric care; Global health; Human resources for health; Maternal health; Quality of care; Rural Bangladesh

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

BANGLADESH; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84938885324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1405-2     Document Type: Article

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