Reproductive healthcare utilization in urban poor settlements of Delhi: Baseline survey of ANCHUL (Ante Natal and Child Health care in Urban Slums) project

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Devasenapathy, Niveditha ^a   Jerath, Suparna Ghosh ^a   Allen, Elizebeth ^b   Sharma, Saket ^a   Shankar, Anuraj H ^c   Zodpey, Sanjay ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNITY WARD; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRATION; URBAN AREA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84941200727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0635-8     Document Type: Article

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