Proximity to health services and child survival in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Few studies have systematically examined the effects of barriers such as distance to health facilities on child survival in low- and middle-income countries. Our primary objective was to estimate the effect of proximity to health facilities on child survival in low- and middle-income countries. The secondary objective was to compare effects in different age categories (perinatal (28 weeks of gestation to 1 week of age), neonatal (0-27 days), infant (0-11 months) and child (0-59 months) mortality). A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted of studies published from 1980 to 2012 that assessed the effect of proximity to health facilities on child survival in low- and middle-income countries. Synthesis was by random-effects meta-analysis, and variation between studies was investigate

SUBMITTER: Okwaraji YB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3400076 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature