Bypassing birthing centres for child birth: A community-based study in rural Chitwan Nepal

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Shah, Rajani ^a  

^a Shree Medical and Technical College   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Birthing centre; Bypassing; Equitable access; Nepal; Quality service; Rural area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNITY WARD; NEPAL; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; BIRTHING CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84992530896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1848-x     Document Type: Article

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