Do active patients seek higher quality prenatal care?: A panel data analysis from Nairobi, Kenya

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 74-81

  Cohen, Jessica ^a   Golub, Ginger ^b   Kruk, Margaret E ^a   McConnell, Margaret ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Jacaranda Health   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Active patient; Antenatal care; Kenya; Prenatal care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KENYA; MATERNAL CARE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PANEL STUDY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; URBAN AREA; ECONOMICS; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84992104311     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.09.014     Document Type: Article

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