Socioeconomic inequalities and determinants of maternal health services in Shaanxi Province, Western China.

ABSTRACT: Prenatal health care interventions are effective ways to improve maternal and neonatal health. There have been few large investigations conducted on the inequalities in maternal health services utilization in Shaanxi Province of west China since the health care reform in 2009. This study examined the inequalities and determinants of maternal health services utilization in Shaanxi Province. A household survey was conducted from August to November in 2013. By using a multistage sampling method, local women aged 15-49 who had given birth in the preceding three years were recruited. Information including social-demographic characteristics and maternal health services utilization was collected through a face-to-face interview. A concentration index approach was used to measure inequalities in m

SUBMITTER: Zhang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6124721 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature