Too poor or too far? Partitioning the variability of hospital-based childbirth by poverty and travel time in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania
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health equity; hospital-based childbirth; low- and middle-income countries; maternal health; physical accessibility; pregnancy and childbirth; skilled care at birth; wealth inequality;All these keywords.
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