Inequality in Maternal Health Care Utilisation in India: A Shapley Decomposition Analysis

Journal of International Development

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1141-1152

  Pal, Rama ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Concentration index; India; Shapely value decomposition; Utilisation of maternal health care

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MATERNAL HEALTH; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

INDIA;

EID: 84945435463     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.3014     Document Type: Article

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