Impact of free delivery policy on utilization of maternal health services in county referral hospitals in Kenya

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Njuguna, John ^a   Kamau, Njoroge ^b   Muruka, Charles ^c  

^a The Mukurwe ini sub County Public Health Office   (Kenya)

^b HEADS Alliance   (Kenya)

^c Environmental Health and Allied Services   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Free delivery policy; Kenya; maternal health

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 85021140437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2376-z     Document Type: Article

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