On the spatial inequalities of institutional versus home births in Ghana: A multilevel analysis

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-72

  Johnson, Fiifi Amoako ^a   Padmadas, Sabu S ^a   Brown, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demographic health surveys; Ghana; Home births; Institutional births; Multilevel modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975801960     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-008-9120-x     Document Type: Article

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