Maternal mortality in India: causes and healthcare service use based on a nationally representative survey.

BACKGROUND: Data on cause-specific mortality, skilled birth attendance, and emergency obstetric care access are essential to plan maternity services. We present the distribution of India's 2001-2003 maternal mortality by cause and uptake of emergency obstetric care, in poorer and richer states....

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Main Authors: Ann L Montgomery, Usha Ram, Rajesh Kumar, Prabhat Jha, Million Death Study Collaborators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3893075?pdf=render