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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Hauptverfasser: Silal, Sheetal Prakash (VerfasserIn) , Bärnighausen, Till (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 15 July 2014
In: Globalization and health
Year: 2014, Jahrgang: 10
ISSN:1744-8603
DOI:10.1186/s12992-014-0060-1
Online-Zugang: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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Verfasserangaben:Sheetal Prakash Silal, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Till Bärnighausen, Helen Schneider
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Zusammenfassung: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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ISSN:1744-8603
DOI:10.1186/s12992-014-0060-1