Maternal and Child Health Out-of-Pocket Expenditure and Service Readiness in Lao PDR : Evidence for the National Free Maternal and Child Health Policy from a Household and Health Center Survey (2013 Update)
Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with mater¬nal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100,000 births in 1990 to 220 in 2013.1 However, in order for further gains to be realized, at least two barriers need to be addresse...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26611769/maternal-child-health-out-of-pocket-expenditure-service-readiness-lao-pdr-evidence-national-free-maternal-child-health-policy-household-health-center-survey-2013-update http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24951 |