Monitoring the decomposition of wealth-related inequality in the use of regular antenatal care in Egypt (1995–2014)

Monitoring the decomposition of wealth-related inequality in the use of regular antenatal care in Egypt (1995–2014)

Abstract Background Between 1995 and 2014 Egypt successfully increased the use of regular antenatal care (URAC) among women from 30.4 to 82.9%. The same period saw a decrease in the wealth-based inequality in URAC. This paper investigates the changes in the main determinants contributing to the weal...

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Main Author: Zeinab Khadr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Egypt
Antenatal care
Concentration index
Decomposition
Wealth inequality
Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-09412-y

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