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Still too far to walk: literature review of the determinants of delivery service use. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2009) 8.20
Systematic review of barriers to surgical care in low-income and middle-income countries. World J Surg (2011) 2.17
Exploring inequalities in access to and use of maternal health services in South Africa. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 2.01
Drivers and deterrents of facility delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. Reprod Health (2013) 1.93
An introduction to maternal mortality. Rev Obstet Gynecol (2008) 1.88
Factors influencing place of delivery for women in Kenya: an analysis of the Kenya demographic and health survey, 2008/2009. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2013) 1.78
Economic inequalities in maternal health care: prenatal care and skilled birth attendance in India, 1992-2006. PLoS One (2010) 1.72
Examining the "urban advantage" in maternal health care in developing countries. PLoS Med (2010) 1.70
Why are women dying when they reach hospital on time? A systematic review of the 'third delay'. PLoS One (2013) 1.68
Urban - rural disparities in antenatal care utilization: a study of two cohorts of pregnant women in Vietnam. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 1.52
Community influences on antenatal and delivery care in Bangladesh, Egypt, and Rwanda. Public Health Rep (2012) 1.49
Determinants of maternal health service utilization in Ethiopia: analysis of the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 1.48
Poor perinatal care practices in urban slums: possible role of social mobilization networks. Indian J Community Med (2009) 1.47
The influence of travel time on emergency obstetric care seeking behavior in the urban poor of Bangladesh: a GIS study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2016) 1.41
Associations in the continuum of care for maternal, newborn and child health: a population-based study of 12 sub-Saharan Africa countries. BMC Public Health (2016) 1.40
Inequity in India: the case of maternal and reproductive health. Glob Health Action (2013) 1.32
What explains the rural-urban gap in infant mortality: household or community characteristics? Demography (2009) 1.28
Equity in maternal and child health in Thailand. Bull World Health Organ (2009) 1.20
Community-level impact of the reproductive health vouchers programme on service utilization in Kenya. Health Policy Plan (2012) 1.19
Prospective study of determinants and costs of home births in Mumbai slums. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2010) 1.18
Monitoring socioeconomic inequity in maternal health indicators in Egypt: 1995-2005. Int J Equity Health (2009) 1.18
Participation of traditional birth attendants in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in two rural districts in Zimbabwe: a feasibility study. BMC Public Health (2008) 1.17
Protocol for a systematic review on inequalities in postnatal care services utilization in low- and middle-income countries. Syst Rev (2013) 1.16
Criteria for clinical audit of women friendly care and providers' perception in Malawi. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2008) 1.16
Disadvantaged populations in maternal health in China who and why? Glob Health Action (2013) 1.12
The evaluation of "Safe Motherhood" program on maternal care utilization in rural western China: a difference in difference approach. BMC Public Health (2010) 1.06
Determinants for HIV testing and counselling in Nairobi urban informal settlements. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.06
A qualitative study of health system barriers to accessibility and utilization of maternal and newborn healthcare services in Ghana after user-fee abolition. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 1.06
Utilization of institutional delivery service at Wukro and Butajera districts in the Northern and South Central Ethiopia. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 1.05
REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY IN NIGERIA: A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS. J Biosoc Sci (2014) 1.02
Quality of antenatal care and obstetrical coverage in rural Burkina Faso. J Health Popul Nutr (2010) 1.00
Disparities in the use of antenatal care service in Ethiopia over a period of fifteen years. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2013) 1.00
A qualitative study on barriers to utilisation of institutional delivery services in Moroto and Napak districts, Uganda: implications for programming. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 0.98
HIV-positive status disclosure and use of essential PMTCT and maternal health services in rural Kenya. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2014) 0.98
Measuring and decomposing the inequality of maternal health services utilization in western rural China. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.97
A decade of improvements in equity of access to reproductive and maternal health services in Cambodia, 2000-2010. Int J Equity Health (2013) 0.96
Utilization of maternal healthcare among adolescent mothers in urban India: evidence from DLHS-3. PeerJ (2014) 0.95
Effectiveness of mHealth interventions for maternal, newborn and child health in low- and middle-income countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis. J Glob Health (2016) 0.95
Social inequalities in the utilization of maternal care in Bangladesh: Have they widened or narrowed in recent years? Int J Equity Health (2014) 0.95
Overcoming phase 1 delays: the critical component of obstetric fistula prevention programs in resource-poor countries. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2012) 0.95
Barriers to adequate prenatal care utilization in American Samoa. Matern Child Health J (2014) 0.94
The role of gender inequities in women's access to reproductive health care: a population-level study of Namibia, Kenya, Nepal, and India. Int J Womens Health (2012) 0.94
Measuring equity in utilization of emergency obstetric care at Wolisso Hospital in Oromiya, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study. Int J Equity Health (2013) 0.94
Health and nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices of pregnant women attending and not-attending ANC clinics in Western Kenya: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2013) 0.93
Inequities in accessibility to and utilisation of maternal health services in Ghana after user-fee exemption: a descriptive study. Int J Equity Health (2014) 0.91
Adding content to contacts: measurement of high quality contacts for maternal and newborn health in Ethiopia, north east Nigeria, and Uttar Pradesh, India. PLoS One (2015) 0.90
Barriers to accessing health care in Nigeria: implications for child survival. Glob Health Action (2014) 0.89
Proximity to health services and child survival in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open (2012) 0.89
Addressing inequity to achieve the maternal and child health millennium development goals: looking beyond averages. BMC Public Health (2012) 0.88
Commentary: Reasons for persistently high maternal and perinatal mortalities in Ethiopia: Part III-Perspective of the "three delays" model. Ethiop J Health Sci (2014) 0.88
Examining the effect of household wealth and migration status on safe delivery care in urban India, 1992-2006. PLoS One (2012) 0.88
Inequities in postnatal care in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Bull World Health Organ (2015) 0.88
Predictors of maternal health services utilization by poor, rural women: a comparative study in Indian States of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. J Health Popul Nutr (2015) 0.88
Increasing institutional deliveries among antenatal clients: effect of birth preparedness counselling. Health Policy Plan (2013) 0.85
Birth location preferences of mothers and fathers in rural Ghana: Implications for pregnancy, labor and birth outcomes. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2015) 0.85
Patterns and determinants of care seeking for obstetric complications in rural northwest Bangladesh: analysis from a prospective cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res (2015) 0.82
Why Muslim women in Northern Ghana do not use skilled maternal healthcare services at health facilities: a qualitative study. BMC Int Health Hum Rights (2015) 0.81
Geographical representativeness of published and ongoing randomized controlled trials. The example of: Tobacco consumption and HIV infection. PLoS One (2011) 0.81
Social networks and female reproductive choices in the developing world: a systematized review. Reprod Health (2014) 0.81
Health system and community level interventions for improving antenatal care coverage and health outcomes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2015) 0.80
Can community health officer-midwives effectively integrate skilled birth attendance in the community-based health planning and services program in rural Ghana? Reprod Health (2014) 0.80
Factors associated with institutional delivery service utilization in Ethiopia. Int J Womens Health (2016) 0.79
Who gives birth in private facilities in Asia? A look at six countries. Health Policy Plan (2014) 0.79
Patterns and determinants of antenatal care utilization: analysis of national survey data in seven countdown countries. J Glob Health (2016) 0.79
Factors influencing the use of maternal healthcare services and childhood immunization in Swaziland. Int J Equity Health (2015) 0.79
Out-of-pocket expenditure on prenatal and natal care post Janani Suraksha Yojana: a case from Rajasthan, India. J Health Popul Nutr (2016) 0.78
Increasing Antenatal Care and HIV Testing among Rural Pregnant Women with Conditional Cash Transfers to Self-Help Groups: An Evaluation Study in Rural Mysore, India. J Sex Transm Dis (2013) 0.78
Social Determinants of Health Associated with Self-Reported HIV Testing among Women. Iran J Public Health (2013) 0.78
Reproductive healthcare utilization in urban poor settlements of Delhi: Baseline survey of ANCHUL (Ante Natal and Child Health care in Urban Slums) project. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2015) 0.78
Correlates of HIV Testing Experience among Migrant Workers from Myanmar Residing in Thailand: A Secondary Data Analysis. PLoS One (2016) 0.78
Progress in the utilization of antenatal and delivery care services in Bangladesh: where does the equity gap lie? BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2016) 0.77
Measuring What Works: An Impact Evaluation of Women's Groups on Maternal Health Uptake in Rural Nepal. PLoS One (2016) 0.77
Explaining Disparities in Use of Skilled Birth Attendants in Developing Countries: A Conceptual Framework. PLoS One (2016) 0.77
Local level inequalities in the use of hospital-based maternal delivery in rural South Africa. Global Health (2014) 0.77
Determinants of access to and use of maternal health care services in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: a quantitative and qualitative investigation. BMC Res Notes (2014) 0.77
Inequalities in maternal health care utilization in sub-saharan african countries: a multiyear and multi-country analysis. PLoS One (2015) 0.77
Female migrants, family members and community socio-demographic characteristics influence facility delivery in Rufiji, Tanzania. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 0.76
Birth preparedness and place of birth in Tandahimba district, Tanzania: what women prepare for birth, where they go to deliver, and why. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2016) 0.75
Determinants of marginalization and inequitable maternal health care in North-Central Vietnam: a framework analysis. Glob Health Action (2015) 0.75
Social Autopsy of maternal, neonatal deaths and stillbirths in rural Bangladesh: qualitative exploration of its effect and community acceptance. BMJ Open (2016) 0.75
Antenatal Care Services Utilization in Yobe State, Nigeria: Examining Predictors and Barriers. Int J MCH AIDS (2015) 0.75
Technical efficiency of women's health prevention programs in Bucaramanga, Colombia: a four-stage analysis. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.75
Social determinants and maternal exposure to intimate partner violence of obstetric patients with severe maternal morbidity in the intensive care unit: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open (2016) 0.75
What Influences Where They Give Birth? Determinants of Place of Delivery among Women in Rural Ghana. Int J Reprod Med (2016) 0.75
Arctic passages: liminality, Iñupiat Eskimo mothers and NW Alaska communities in transition. Int J Circumpolar Health (2013) 0.75
Barriers to surgical care in Nepal. BMC Health Serv Res (2017) 0.75
Predictors of Antenatal Care, Skilled Birth Attendance, and Postnatal Care Utilization among the Remote and Poorest Rural Communities of Zambia: A Multilevel Analysis. Front Public Health (2017) 0.75
Distribution and Determinants of Out-of-pocket Healthcare Expenditures in Bangladesh. J Prev Med Public Health (2017) 0.75
Ante natal care (ANC) utilization, dietary practices and nutritional outcomes in pregnant and recently delivered women in urban slums of Delhi, India: an exploratory cross-sectional study. Reprod Health (2015) 0.75
Did Equity of Reproductive and Maternal Health Service Coverage Increase during the MDG Era? An Analysis of Trends and Determinants across 74 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. PLoS One (2015) 0.75
Institutional delivery in public and private sectors in South Asia: a comparative analysis of prospective data from four demographic surveillance sites. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2016) 0.75
Case review of perinatal deaths at hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda: perinatal audit with application of a three-delays analysis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2017) 0.75
Trends in inequalities in utilization of reproductive health services from 2000 to 2011 in Vietnam. J Rural Med (2015) 0.75
Changes in Optimal Childcare Practices in Kenya: Insights from the 2003, 2008-9 and 2014 Demographic and Health Surveys. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Prevalence of Caesarean sections in Enugu, southeast Nigeria: Analysis of data from the Healthy Beginning Initiative. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Impact of a Multi-Strategy Community Intervention to Reduce Maternal and Child Health Inequalities in India: A Qualitative Study in Haryana. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Implementation challenges of a TB programme in rural northern mozambique: evaluation of 2012-2013 outcomes. Pathog Glob Health (2015) 0.75
Focused maternity care in Ghana: results of a cluster analysis. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.75
The determinants of the choice of treatment of pregnant women in Cameroon. Health Econ Rev (2016) 0.75
Maternal Mortality in the Main Referral Hospital in Angola, 2010-2014: Understanding the Context for Maternal Deaths Amidst Poor Documentation. Int J MCH AIDS (2016) 0.75
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Data collection instrument and procedure for systematic reviews in the Guide to Community Preventive Services. Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Am J Prev Med (2000) 3.40
Factors influencing the use of maternal healthcare services in Ethiopia. J Health Popul Nutr (2003) 3.36
Socioeconomic and physical distance to the maternity hospital as predictors for place of delivery: an observation study from Nepal. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2004) 3.33
The socio-economic determinants of maternal health care utilization in Turkey. Soc Sci Med (2000) 3.09
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Factors affecting home delivery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Health Policy Plan (1998) 2.68
Utilization of health facilities and trained birth attendants for childbirth in rural Bangladesh: an empirical study. Soc Sci Med (2002) 2.58
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A comparative analysis of the use of maternal health services between teenagers and older mothers in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Soc Sci Med (2006) 1.97
Does gender bias exist in the use of specialist health care? J Health Serv Res Policy (2000) 1.97
Challenges to the reproductive-health needs of African women: on religion and maternal health utilization in Ghana. Soc Sci Med (2006) 1.86
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Gender inequality, family planning, and maternal and child care in a rural Chinese county. Soc Sci Med (2004) 1.77
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Race and pregnancy-related care in Brazil and South Africa. Soc Sci Med (2004) 1.49
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Utilization of maternal care in rural HeBei Province, the People's Republic of China: individual and structural characteristics. Health Policy (2004) 1.40
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Explaining variation in referral from primary to secondary care: cohort study. BMJ (2010) 3.34
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The effect of age on referral to and use of specialist palliative care services in adult cancer patients: a systematic review. Age Ageing (2006) 2.45
Analysing recent socioeconomic trends in coronary heart disease mortality in England, 2000-2007: a population modelling study. PLoS Med (2012) 2.07
Perceptions of heatwave risks to health: interview-based study of older people in London and Norwich, UK. J Public Health (Oxf) (2008) 1.91
A systematic review of factors affecting the judgments produced by formal consensus development methods in health care. J Health Serv Res Policy (2006) 1.59
Community care in England: reducing socioeconomic inequalities in heart failure. Circulation (2012) 1.47
A consensus process to adapt the World Health Organization selected practice recommendations for UK use. Contraception (2003) 1.43
Riots on the streets. BMJ (2011) 1.42
A comparison of formal consensus methods used for developing clinical guidelines. J Health Serv Res Policy (2006) 1.41
Persistent socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular risk factors in England over 1994-2008: a time-trend analysis of repeated cross-sectional data. BMC Public Health (2012) 1.41
The white paper on public health. BMJ (2004) 1.36
Inequalities in the provision of cardiovascular screening to people with severe mental illnesses in primary care: cohort study in the United Kingdom THIN Primary Care Database 2000-2007. Schizophr Res (2011) 1.35
The relationship between maternal education and mortality among women giving birth in health care institutions: analysis of the cross sectional WHO Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.34
Hospital service reconfiguration: the battle for hearts and minds. BMJ (2012) 1.23
Cost data for individual patients included in clinical studies: no amount of statistical analysis can compensate for inadequate costing methods. Health Econ (2002) 1.22
Unequal trends in coronary heart disease mortality by socioeconomic circumstances, England 1982-2006: an analytical study. PLoS One (2013) 1.04
The effect of a supplementary ('gist-based') information leaflet on colorectal cancer knowledge and screening intention: a randomized controlled trial. J Behav Med (2014) 1.02
Effect of non-clinical inter-hospital critical care unit to unit transfer of critically ill patients: a propensity-matched cohort analysis. Crit Care (2012) 1.01
Health and social care responses to the Department of Health Heatwave Plan. J Public Health (Oxf) (2009) 1.01
Placing the individual within a social determinants approach to health inequity. Lancet (2008) 1.00
It matters what you measure: a systematic literature review examining whether young people in poorer socioeconomic circumstances are more at risk of chlamydia. Sex Transm Infect (2012) 0.97
Socioeconomic status and outcome from intensive care in England and Wales. Med Care (2004) 0.97
Recent UK trends in the unequal burden of coronary heart disease. Heart (2012) 0.96
The development and testing of a brief ('gist-based') supplementary colorectal cancer screening information leaflet. Patient Educ Couns (2013) 0.96
The UK National Health Service: delivering equitable treatment across the spectrum of coronary disease. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2013) 0.96
Information and intelligence for healthy populations. BMJ (2006) 0.95
Public health in England: an option for the way forward? Lancet (2011) 0.94
Service user and carer experiences of seeking help for a first episode of psychosis: a UK qualitative study. BMC Psychiatry (2011) 0.94
Turning evidence into recommendations: protocol of a study guideline development groups. Implement Sci (2007) 0.93
Choosing health? First choose your philosophy. Lancet (2005) 0.92
Do general practices provide equitable access to physical activity interventions? Br J Gen Pract (2008) 0.89
Quantifying the contribution of leading causes of death to mortality decline among older people in England, 1991-2005. Health Stat Q (2010) 0.89
Major elective joint replacement surgery: socioeconomic variations in surgical risk, postoperative morbidity and length of stay. J Eval Clin Pract (2010) 0.88
In defence of the NHS: why writing to the House of Lords was necessary. BMJ (2011) 0.87
Will chlamydia screening reach young people in deprived areas in England? Baseline analysis of the English National Chlamydia Screening Programme delivery in 2008. Sex Transm Dis (2011) 0.86
Quantifying policy options for reducing future coronary heart disease mortality in England: a modelling study. PLoS One (2013) 0.84
Leading healthcare in London: time for a radical response? BMJ (2013) 0.83
Socioeconomic and ethnic differences in use of lipid-lowering drugs after deregulation of simvastatin in the UK: the Whitehall II prospective cohort study. Atherosclerosis (2010) 0.83
Equity of use of specialist palliative care by age: cross-sectional study of lung cancer patients. Palliat Med (2010) 0.82
Should sex influence the choice between carotid stenting and carotid endarterectomy? Lancet Neurol (2011) 0.81
Strengthening clinical and research ethics in Nigeria--an agenda for change. Lancet (2008) 0.80
An experimental study of the influence of individual participant characteristics on formal consensus development. Int J Technol Assess Health Care (2007) 0.79
Are Maori under-served for cardiac intervention? N Z Med J (2002) 0.75
Chlamydia screening in England: a qualitative study of the narrative behind the policy. BMC Public Health (2012) 0.75
PFI is here to stay. Select committee's report used parliamentary privilege unacceptably. BMJ (2002) 0.75
UK government's response to health inequalities. Lancet (2002) 0.75
Improving Olympic health services: what are the common health care planning issues? Prehosp Disaster Med (2014) 0.75
The implications of the NICE guidelines on neurosurgical management for all severe head injuries: systematic review. Emerg Med J (2010) 0.75
Monitoring inequalities in the National Chlamydia Screening Programme in England: added value of ACORN, a commercial geodemographic classification tool. Sex Health (2009) 0.75
Republished paper: The implications of the NICE guidelines on neurosurgical management for all severe head injuries: systematic review. Postgrad Med J (2010) 0.75