Institutional delivery in India, 2004-14: Unravelling the equity-enhancing contributions of the public sector

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 645-653

  Joe, William ^a   Perkins, Jessica M ^b,c   Kumar, Saroj ^a   Rajpal, Sunil ^a   Subramanian, S V ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

health inequality; India; Institutional delivery; NRHM; public sector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INSURANCE; INVESTMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SECTOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC SECTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85048693764     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czy029     Document Type: Article

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