Title: Care-seeking behavior and out-of-pocket expenditure for sick newborns among urban poor in Lucknow, northern India : a prospective follow-up study

Authors: Srivastava, Neeraj M. and Awasthi, Shally and Agarwal, Girdhar G.

Place: [London]

Publisher: BioMed central

Year: 2009

Journal: BMC Health services research

Volume: vol. 9, no. 61

PAGE: --

Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health care delivery, maternal and child health, india

Abstract: This study assessed: 1) distribution of neonatal illnesses and different health providers sought; 2) distribution of out-of-pocket expenditures; 3) socio-economic distribution of neonatal illnesses, care-seeking behavior and out-of-pocket expenditures in urban Lucknow, northern India.

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