Inequalities in utilization of maternal and child health services in Ethiopia: The role of primary health care Health systems and services in low and middle income settings

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Memirie, Solomon Tessema ^a   Verguet, Stéphane ^b   Norheim, Ole F ^a   Levin, Carol ^c   Johansson, Kjell Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Inequality; Maternal and child health services; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BINDING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DECOMPOSITION; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84958175548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1296-7     Document Type: Article

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