Explaining changing patterns and inequalities in maternal healthcare services utilization in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12706649 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arvind Kumar Yadav (0000-0003-3654-2584, School of Economics, Faculty of Management Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir India), Pabitra Kumar Jena (0000-0002-7746-0916, School of Economics, Faculty of Management Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir India, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Public Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1472-3891 • E-ISSN: 1479-1854 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/pa.2570 |
| OpenAlex | W3111979947 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 27 |
This study aims to examine the long‐term changing patterns of inequalities in maternal healthcare services utilization and to quantify the contribution of selected factors that explain the gap between poor and nonpoor women in the use of maternal healthcare services. This study used three rounds of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data conducted during 1998–1999, 2005–2006, and 2015–2016. Using Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition method (BODM), this study explores the inequalities in maternal healthcare services utilization between poor and nonpoor women and examines the relative contribution of each predictor. The findings show that the utilization of maternal healthcare services was low among poor women. Comparison of maternal healthcare services utilization results over the years reveals that inequality has been rising. The decomposition analysis shows that women's education, mass media exposure, partner's education, and women's age at birth of first child contributed an important share to the gap in maternal healthcare services utilization. The use of maternal healthcare services remains disproportionately low among poor women. Therefore, the Government of India should put extra effort to directly target these women for reducing the gap in the use of maternal healthcare services
Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Government (linguistics · Health care · Health services · Inequality · Maternal health · Population · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Mathematics · Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |