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Wealth-based equity in maternal, neonatal, and child health services utilization

A cross-sectional study from Ethiopia

Bibliographic Data

ID15394238
AuthorsAlem Desta Wuneh (0000-0003-2497-4494, Mekelle University, corresponding author), Araya Abrha Medhanyie (0000-0002-9328-684X, Mekelle University), Afework Mulugeta (0000-0003-0707-4363, Mekelle University), Afework Mulugeta Bezabih, Lars Ake Persson (0000-0003-0710-7954, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), J Schellenberg (0000-0002-0708-3676, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Yemisrach B Okwaraji (0000-0002-4541-2856, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Year2019
Volume18
Issue1
Pages201-201
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal for Equity in Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1475-9276 • E-ISSN: 1475-9276
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12939-019-1111-2
PMID31870447
OpenAlexW2995609063
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited33

Utilization of maternal health services was low, inequitable, and skewed against women from the poorest households. In contrast, preventive child health services were equitably distributed. Efforts to increase utilization and reinforcement of pro-poor and pro-rural strategies for maternal, newborn and immunization services in Ethiopia should be strengthened

Attendance · Childbirth · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Equity (law · Health services research · Population · Pregnancy · Public health · Socioeconomic status · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine · Nursing · Pediatrics

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Unique citing works15
Citations per year2.5
Citation span2020 - 2025 (6)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 15

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