High spending on maternity care in India: What are the factors explaining it?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Goli, Srinivas ^a   Moradhvaj, ^a   Rammohan, Anu ^b   Shruti, ^c   Pradhan, Jalandhar ^d  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD; INDIA; MATERNAL CARE; MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECONOMICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84976567619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156437     Document Type: Article

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