Examining changes in maternal and child health inequalities in Ethiopia

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Ambel, Alemayehu A ^a   Andrews, Colin ^a   Bakilana, Anne M ^a   Foster, Elizabeth M ^a   Khan, Qaiser ^a   Wang, Huihui ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Health inequalities; Maternal and child health

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; MEASLES; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; SERVICE QUALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH INEQUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH DISPARITY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ETHIOPIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027986204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-017-0648-1     Document Type: Article

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