Socio-economic inequality of immunization coverage in India

Health Economics Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Lauridsen, Jørgen ^a   Pradhan, Jalandhar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Health inequality; Immunization; India; Socio economic inequality

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; DIPHTHERIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; NEWBORN; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TETANUS;

EID: 84971349516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-1991-1-11     Document Type: Article

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