Predictors of skilled attendance at delivery among antenatal clinic attendants in Ghana: a cross-sectional study of population data.

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Published in BMJ Open on May 19, 2015

Authors

Mary Amoakoh-Coleman1, Evelyn K Ansah2, Irene Akua Agyepong3, Diederick E Grobbee4, Gbenga A Kayode4, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch5

Author Affiliations

1: Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
2: Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
3: Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
4: Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
5: Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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