Barriers to accessing adequate maternal care in Central and Eastern European countries: A systematic literature review

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-8

  Miteniece, Elina ^a   Pavlova, Milena ^a   Rechel, Bernd ^c,d   Groot, Wim ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Approachability; Appropriateness; Central and Eastern Europe; Cost; Maternal care; Pregnancy; Review

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; LITERATURE REVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY;

CHECKLIST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; MONITORING; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85010845083     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.049     Document Type: Article

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