Institutional deliveries weakly associated with improved neonatal survival in developing countries: Evidence from 192 Demographic and Health Surveys

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1879-1888

  Fink, Günther ^a   Ross, Rebecca ^a   Hill, Kenneth ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Early neonatal mortality; Institutional delivery; Maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH SURVEY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEONATE; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SELECTION BIAS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME DELIVERY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962629345     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv115     Document Type: Article

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