Explaining disparities in use of skilled birth attendants in developing countries: A conceptual framework

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Afulani, Patience A ^a   Moyer, Cheryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SOCIAL STATUS; ADULT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDWIFE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84977646325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154110     Document Type: Article

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