Socioeconomic inequalities in hospital births in China between 1988 and 2008

OBJECTIVE: To assess trends in hospital births in China during 1988-2008 in an effort to determine if efforts to overcome financial barriers to giving birth in hospital have reduced the access gap between the rich and the poor. METHODS: Cross-sectional data obtained from four National Health Service...

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Main Authors: Xing Lin Feng, Ling Xu, Yan Guo, Carine Ronsmans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2011-06-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862011000600010&lng=en&tlng=en