Factors influencing the choice of facility-based delivery in the ethnic minority villages of Lao PDR: a qualitative case study

Abstract Background Facility-based delivery has been promoted to improve maternal and child health care in Lao PDR and a free delivery policy was introduced at designated health care facilities (HCF) in 2013. However, according to birth records of HCFs in the impoverished and remote district, only a...

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Main Authors: Chika Sato, Khampheng Phongluxa, Noriko Toyama, Ernesto R. Gregorio, Chiaki Miyoshi, Futoshi Nishimoto, Tomomi Takayama, Tiengkham Pongvongsa, Kenzo Takahashi, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Jun Kobayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41182-019-0177-2