Measuring and explaining changing patterns of inequality in institutional deliveries between urban and rural women in Ghana: a decomposition analysis

Abstract Background Despite recent progress in improving access to maternal health services, the utilization of these services remains inequitable among women in developing countries, and rural women are particularly disadvantaged. This study sought to measure i) disparities in the rates of institut...

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Main Authors: Eugenia Amporfu, Karen A. Grépin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-019-1025-z