Ambulance service associated with reduced probabilities of neonatal and infant mortality in two Indian states

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1774-1782

  Babiarz, Kimberly S ^a   Mahadevan, Swaminatha V ^a   Divi, Nomita ^b   Miller, Grant ^a,c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Skoll Global Threats Fund   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ANDHRA PRADESH; GUJARAT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84994353609     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0564     Document Type: Article

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