Understanding inequalities in child health in Ethiopia: Health achievements are improving in the period 2000-2011

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Skaftun, Eirin Krüger ^a   Ali, Merima ^b   Norheim, Ole Frithjof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION INDEX; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC GINI INDEX; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEWBORN DEATH; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; TREND STUDY; VACCINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ETHIOPIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84940357217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106460     Document Type: Article

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