Local level inequalities in the use of hospital-based maternal delivery in rural South Africa
There is global concern with geographical and socio-economic inequalities in access to and use of maternal delivery services. Little is known, however, on how local-level socio-economic inequalities are related to the uptake of needed maternal health care. We conducted a study of relative socio-econ...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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15 July 2014
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Globalization and health
Year: 2014, Volume: 10 |
| ISSN: | 1744-8603 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12992-014-0060-1 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-014-0060-1 Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-014-0060-1 
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| Author Notes: | Sheetal Prakash Silal, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Till Bärnighausen, Helen Schneider |
| Summary: | There is global concern with geographical and socio-economic inequalities in access to and use of maternal delivery services. Little is known, however, on how local-level socio-economic inequalities are related to the uptake of needed maternal health care. We conducted a study of relative socio-economic inequalities in use of hospital-based maternal delivery services within two rural sub-districts of South Africa. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 05.03.2018 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1744-8603 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12992-014-0060-1 |