Maternal mortality ratio in China from 1990 to 2019: trends, causes and correlations

BMC Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2021, Pages

  Chen, Lu ^a   Feng, Penghui ^b   Shaver, Lance ^c   Wang, Zengwu ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health financing composition; Hospital delivery rate; Maternal death; Maternal mortality ratio; Obstetric hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 85112345716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11557-3     Document Type: Article

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