Facility-Based Delivery during the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Rural Liberia: Analysis from a Cross-Sectional, Population-Based Household Survey

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Ly, John ^a   Sathananthan, Vidiya ^b   Griffiths, Thomas ^b   Kanjee, Zahir ^c,j   Kenny, Avi ^b   Gordon, Nicholas ^b   Basu, Gaurab ^b,d,e   Battistoli, Dale ^f   Dorr, Lorenzo ^f   Lorenzen, Breeanna ^f   Thomson, Dana R ^e   Waters, Ami ^a,k   Moore, Uriah G ^g   Roberts, Ruth ^g   Smith, Wilmot L ^g   Siedner, Mark J ^e,h   Kraemer, John D ⁱ  

^a Medical Team   (Liberia)

^b Monitoring and Evaluation Team   (Liberia)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Last Mile Health   (Liberia)

^g Rivercess County Health Teamn Ministry of Health and Social Welfare   (Liberia)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EDUCATION; FACILITY BASED DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIBERIA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY SIZE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPIDEMICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIBERIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988959501     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002096     Document Type: Article

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