Obstetric Facility Quality and Newborn Mortality in Malawi: A Cross-Sectional Study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Leslie, Hannah H ^a   Fink, Günther ^a   Nsona, Humphreys ^b   Kruk, Margaret E ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSTETRICS; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSTETRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994226373     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002151     Document Type: Article

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