The Health Extension Program and its association with change in utilization of selected maternal health services in tigray region, Ethiopia: A segmented linear regression analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Gebrehiwot, Tesfay Gebregzabher ^a,b   Sebastian, Miguel San ^b   Edin, Kerstin ^b   Goicolea, Isabel ^b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; ADULT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84941712090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131195     Document Type: Article

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