Are "Obstetrically Underserved Areas" really underserved? Role of a government support program in the context of changing landscape of maternal service utilization in South Korea: A sequential mixed method approach.

OBJECTIVES:The Korean government has been providing financial support to open and operate the maternal hospital in Obstetrically Underserved Areas (OUAs) since 2011. Our study aims to assess the effectiveness of the government-support program for OUAs and to suggest future directions for it. METHODS...

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Main Authors: Hwa-Young Lee, Nan-Hee Yoon, Juhwan Oh, Joong Shin Park, Jong-Koo Lee, J Robin Moon, S V Subramanian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232760