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Determinants of Maternal Health Care Utilisation in India: Evidence from a Recent Household Survey

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  • Abusaleh Shariff

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The reasons for the low levels of utilization of basic health services may be household income, high illiteracy and ignorance, and a host of traditional factors. An attempt is made to discuss the issues associated with the demand and supply of the five measures of maternity care-antenatal care, blood pressure check up, place of delivery, use of trained help at the time of delivery and postnatal care. Econometric analysis is undertaken to find out the determinants of the use of reproductive health care services among rural Indian households. The focus on the role of education, information and economic factors as determinants of health care accessibility and their utilisation is the speciality of this analysis. Analysis shows that education and information variables significantly increase the utilisation rates for prenatal, child delivery and postnatal health care.

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  • Abusaleh Shariff, 2007. "Determinants of Maternal Health Care Utilisation in India: Evidence from a Recent Household Survey," Working Papers id:949, eSocialSciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:949
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