Good governance, public health expenditures, urbanization and child undernutrition Nexus in Ethiopia: An ecological analysis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Biadgilign, Sibhatu ^a   Ayenew, Habtamu Yesigat ^b   Shumetie, Arega ^c   Chitekwe, Stanley ^d   Tolla, Assaye ^e   Haile, Demewoz ^f   Gebreyesus, Seifu Hagos ^f   Deribew, Amare ^g,h   Gebre, Betemariam ⁱ  

^a Freelance Consultant   (Ethiopia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^e UNICEF   (United States)

^f ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^g ST PAUL S HOSPITAL MILLENNIUM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Ethiopia)

^h MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS   (United States)

Author keywords

Good governance; Public health expenditures; Undernutrition; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNDERWEIGHT; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC EXPENDITURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; THINNESS; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85059986249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-3822-2     Document Type: Article

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