Evaluation of publicly financed and privately delivered model of emergency referral services for maternal and child health care in India.

BACKGROUND: Emergency referral services (ERS) are being strengthened in India to improve access for institutional delivery. We evaluated a publicly financed and privately delivered model of ERS in Punjab state, India, to assess its extent and pattern of utilization, impact on institutional delivery,...

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Main Authors: Shankar Prinja, Pankaj Bahuguna, P V M Lakshmi, Tushar Mokashi, Arun Kumar Aggarwal, Manmeet Kaur, K Rahul Reddy, Rajesh Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4215978?pdf=render