Mexico's seguro popular appears to have helped reduce the risk of preterm delivery among women with low education

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 80-87

  Strouse, Carly ^a   Perez Cuevas, Ricardo ^b   Lahiff, Maureen ^a   Walsh, Julia ^a   Guendelman, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b American Development Bank   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CELL SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEXICAN; MEXICO; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEXICO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84958191026     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0594     Document Type: Article

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