Open AccessDeterminants of underutilisation of free delivery services in an area with high institutional delivery rate: A qualitative study
Author(s) -
Vijay Silan,
Shashi Kant,
Archana Shrivastava,
Puneet Misra,
S A Rizwan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.136906
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , accreditation , medicine , asha , quality (philosophy) , health care , health facility , nursing , public relations , business , family medicine , health services , environmental health , medical education , economic growth , population , political science , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , economics
There has been an increase in institutional delivery rates in India in the recent years. However, in areas with high institutional delivery rates, most deliveries (>50%) occur in private institutions rather than in government facilities where zero expense delivery services are being provided.