PMID- 23359666
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140813
LR  - 20131202
IS  - 1741-3850 (Electronic)
IS  - 1741-3842 (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 4
DP  - 2013 Dec
TI  - Coverage gap in maternal and child health services in India: assessing trends and 
      regional deprivation during 1992-2006.
PG  - 598-606
LID - 10.1093/pubmed/fds108 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Increasing the coverage of key maternal, newborn and child health 
      interventions is essential, if India has to attain Millennium Development Goals 4 
      and 5. This study assesses the coverage gap in maternal and child health services 
      across states in India during 1992-2006 emphasizing the rural-urban disparities. 
      Additionally, association between the coverage gap and under-5 mortality rate 
      across states are illustrated. METHODS: The three waves of National Family Health 
      Survey (NFHS) conducted during 1992-1993 (NFHS-1), 1998-1999 (NFHS-2) and 
      2005-2006 (NFHS-3) were used to construct a composite index of coverage gap in 
      four areas of health-care interventions: family planning, maternal and newborn 
      care, immunization and treatment of sick children. RESULTS: The central, eastern 
      and northeastern regions of India reported a higher coverage gap in maternal and 
      child health care services during 1992-2006, while the rural-urban difference in 
      the coverage gap has increased in Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan and Kerala over the 
      period. The analysis also shows a significant positive relationship between the 
      coverage gap index and under-five mortality rate across states. CONCLUSION: 
      Region or area-specific focus in order to increase the coverage of maternal and 
      child health care services in India should be the priority of the policy-makers 
      and programme executors.
FAU - Kumar, Chandan
AU  - Kumar C
AD  - Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) 
      Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India.
FAU - Singh, Prashant Kumar
AU  - Singh PK
FAU - Rai, Rajesh Kumar
AU  - Rai RK
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130127
PL  - England
TA  - J Public Health (Oxf)
JT  - Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
JID - 101188638
SB  - IM
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Health Services/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Care Surveys
MH  - Healthcare Disparities/economics/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - Insurance Coverage/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Insurance, Health/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Maternal Health Services/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Poverty/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Pregnancy
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - India
OT  - NFHS
OT  - coverage gap
OT  - maternal and child health care
OT  - public health
EDAT- 2013/01/30 06:00
MHDA- 2014/08/15 06:00
CRDT- 2013/01/30 06:00
PHST- 2013/01/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/01/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/08/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - fds108 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/pubmed/fds108 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Public Health (Oxf). 2013 Dec;35(4):598-606. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fds108. Epub 
      2013 Jan 27.