Equity of Skilled Birth Attendant Utilization in Developing Countries: Financing and Policy Determinants

• DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2006.104265
• Publication Date: 2007-11-30T02:14:24Z
• Authors: Margaret E. Kruk; Marta R. Prescott; Sandro Galea
• Keywords: Equity; Proxy (statistics)

Developing countries with higher health care spending have greater overall utilization of maternal services than do lower spending. However, the rich tend to disproportionately use these services. We assessed whether redistributive government policies in context levels were associated more-equitable skilled birth attendants (doctors, nurses, or midwives) between and poor.